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That sounds like the perfect way for a disease to spread. Do nothing to most.
by xupybd 7y ago
That sounds like the perfect way for a disease to spread. Do nothing to most.
- uoaei 7y agoIf you've ever played Plague, Inc. you will find eerie similarities.
- DeonPenny 7y agoIts cause it's completely accurate trust me I've been playing it. Also the Corrupted Blood virus from world of warcraft.
- Mirioron 7y agoI wonder if games had more mechanics like that whether people would become more aware of how to handle a disease outbreak.
- DoofusOfDeath 7y agoYou just convinced me to move to Greenland.
- abiogenesis 7y agoThe best evolutionary strategy for a virus is to not cause any disease at all.
- lovecg 7y agoBetter still, it would make the host feel unusually social.
- 3fe9a03ccd14ca5 7y agoToxoplasmosis.
- thinkingemote 7y agoThere is a paper that showed that the flu virus makes people more socialable. It was done with students who took flu vaccine. They found people socialised more after they had the vaccine (and thus, were a little bit infected) compared to before. A literature review looked at the study and came up with the negative explanation - that people felt more secure or relaxed after getting the vaccine as they felt safer. Or were more nervous about needles before. Ancedote: I think I have covid-19 and the days before symptoms I felt unusually anxious to get outside and amongst fellow humans. I'm usually an introvert and stay inside mostly so it was notable. Suggestion: Online interview people with symptoms now to collect data on peoples behaviour in the days before symptoms showed, when they were infected but not showing, compared to 2 weeks before.
- rabidrat 7y agoA vaccine does not make people "a little bit infected". Vaccines are deactivated virii, so your body develops the antibodies, without any actual infection.
- Gibbon1 7y agoThat's not totally true the live Polio Vaccine used a live weak infectious virus. Which had the advantage of conferring immunity to unvaccinated people. At the expense of very rarely reverting and causing full blown disease. Far as I know it's no longer being used because of that.
- gerbilly 7y ago
- Polylactic_acid 7y agoIt seems like the less deadly a virus is, the higher the total kill count. Ebola was so much more deadly but it killed people quickly or at least kept them in bed. Covid-19 lets people walk around for weeks without even knowing they have it.
- pabo 7y agoYes. This sounds astonishing, and really explains the expansion we see in Italy and other countries. I live in Hungary, where health care workers don't get (enough) protective wear, the health care system is neglected since decades, and government is not willing to communicate clearly. Also, most of the people who should be tested are not tested, because of the "protocol". I fear this, and the rate of asymptomatic cases will lead to a deadly mixture here.
- discordance 7y agoReminds me of old malware that used to destroy their host, which then evolved to dormant malware that didn't disrupt the host PC to evade detection.
- globular-toast 7y agoDo nothing to everyone. The virus doesn't benefit from killing its host. Quite the opposite, in fact. Successful viruses keep their hosts alive. Think influenza, rhinovirus, herpes etc. Viruses that kill tend to be ones that crossed the species barrier (ie. we're not the original hosts).