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RFCalifornia

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5. But lethal cuts it's spreadability: a non lethal, asymptomatic virus would gain more hosts

Reply to targetpractice (Reply #3)

Wed Dec 29, 2021, 09:09 PM

Dec 2021

When I did AIDS education in Peace Corps we were told

"HIV is not a successful virus. No successful virus kills its hosts. Common cold: that's a sucessful virus. Passes from host to host and rarely kills it's hosts. And it's never left us"

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Question: if COVID 19 evolves into something no more than a nuisance [View all] RFCalifornia Dec 2021 OP

That is almost undoubtedly what will happen. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2021 #1

This Ms. Toad Dec 2021 #2

50%? Source? AZSkiffyGeek Dec 2021 #12

There have been quite a few articles on it. Ms. Toad Dec 2021 #13

Peer reviewed? AZSkiffyGeek Dec 2021 #16

This article explains it: Tomconroy Dec 2021 #17

Nice, non alarmist explanation nt AZSkiffyGeek Dec 2021 #18

Did you follow the link I provided to the actual study? Ms. Toad Dec 2021 #19

See my edit nt AZSkiffyGeek Dec 2021 #20

Not entirely. A "successful" variant is simply the one that makes the most copies of itself... targetpractice Dec 2021 #3

But lethal cuts it's spreadability: a non lethal, asymptomatic virus would gain more hosts RFCalifornia Dec 2021 #5

That is mostly true... targetpractice Dec 2021 #10

If the death rate comes down to manageable levels, Elessar Zappa Dec 2021 #4

Yep. Exactly. RFCalifornia Dec 2021 #6

Here's what Dr. Wachter, head of medicine at UCSF, is thinking, Tomconroy Dec 2021 #7

Seems like in early 2020 that scenario was part of the conversation KentuckyWoman Dec 2021 #8

Lock down? Of course not. beaglelover Dec 2021 #9

lol "still lock down." We never have leftstreet Dec 2021 #11

I think another factor is the time period Mr.Bill Dec 2021 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author Mr.Bill Dec 2021 #15