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If you kill 100% of your hosts, to which other host will you go? 100% means all.
by TsomArp 7y ago
If you kill 100% of your hosts, to which other host will you go? 100% means all.
- bryanrasmussen 7y agolet's say you had a virus that was like a really low grade cold for two months, and then spiked up really suddenly and killed the host. You're right, after you kill that host you won't go anywhere but you will go lots of places that two months prior.
- playing_colours 7y agoWe have much more mobility and contacts with other people than in past, therefore it may be more efficient for viruses to evolve into having longer incubation period than becoming less lethal.
- laumars 7y agoThe GPs point was how long the host is a carrier before symptoms arise, let alone severe enough to incapacitate them. What makes COVID-19 so dangerous is the incubation period + infectiousness, not the mortality rate.
- radicalbyte 7y agoWhat if you have a virus which took 80 years to kill its host and was super effective at spreading?
- amiga_500 7y agoSurely aids falls into this category
- Someone 7y agoIf you limit your hosts to those having sufficiently grown up kids, or wait killing and invalidating them until they have, that can work fine.