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How would you allow the harmless strain to spread without also spreading the deadly strain? If you relax or reverse social distancing, wouldn't the deadly strai

How would you allow the harmless strain to spread without also spreading the deadly strain? If you relax or reverse social distancing, wouldn't the deadly strain also have a chance to spread widely again? It seems like you'd need to manually administer this strain to millions of people, or have very carefully administered 'contagion parties' where everyone is pre-screened for the deadly strain, while everyone else keeps social distancing.

sfj 7y ago
> It seems like you'd need to manually administer this strain to millions of people. Yes, but this doesn't seem too hard. Just have some infected people spit in a cup, and mix it into large vats of raspberry jam and people can then just spread it on their toast on one morning.
- hanspeter 7y ago
  > Currently, there is no evidence to support transmission of COVID-19 by food. https://www.fda.gov/food/food-safety-during-emergencies/food-safety-and-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19 https://www.fda.gov/food/food-safety-during-emergencies/food...
  - sfj 7y ago
    What does food that regulated by the FDA have to do with this?
throwaway_pdp09 7y ago
> you'd need to manually administer this strain to millions of people Yes. And how would that compare to the various trillions in stimulus to keep a choking world economy afloat, never mind the deaths that could be avoided? I don't understand posts like this, they say "if we had a good solution, how could we possibly use it?"
- ubercow13 7y ago
  I think you’re reading too much into my post, I was just wondering how to safely carry out this idea. One reason I was wondering is that manually administering the virus to people seems more akin to a vaccine in nature.
  - danieltillett 7y ago
    Only if you consider hanging out with someone a vaccine. As I mentioned in my reply to you it will be impossible to stop this strain from being deliberately spread by people on their own.
    - CathedralBorrow 7y ago
      Wouldn't the same social distancing measures that keep the dangerous strain at bay keep the "good" one from spreading? And vice versa.
      - danieltillett 7y ago
        Yes they would, but if people know their friends have the mild version they might choose to break the social distancing rules and go and visit them for a tea and nice close chat.
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danieltillett 7y ago
There are dozens of ways the attenuated strain could be spread. You could do anything from going door to door sticking an infected swab up people’s noses to one of your contagion parties (they would be fun). Actually once a safe strain was identified it would be impossible to stop people spreading it on their own. People would test to make sure they had the safe strain and then invite everyone they knew around for tea and scones.
- ubercow13 7y ago
  Everyone they knew would need screening for the asymptomatic deadly strain first, or there would be a risk of everyone at the party catching the wrong strain.
  - danieltillett 7y ago
    Depends on how large the party is :) People will do this on their own once the strain is identified and there is a test for it.

sfj 7y ago

> It seems like you'd need to manually administer this strain to millions of people. Yes, but this doesn't seem too hard. Just have some infected people spit in a cup, and mix it into large vats of raspberry jam and people can then just spread it on their toast on one morning.

hanspeter 7y ago
> Currently, there is no evidence to support transmission of COVID-19 by food. https://www.fda.gov/food/food-safety-during-emergencies/food-safety-and-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19 https://www.fda.gov/food/food-safety-during-emergencies/food...
- sfj 7y ago
  What does food that regulated by the FDA have to do with this?

throwaway_pdp09 7y ago

> you'd need to manually administer this strain to millions of people Yes. And how would that compare to the various trillions in stimulus to keep a choking world economy afloat, never mind the deaths that could be avoided? I don't understand posts like this, they say "if we had a good solution, how could we possibly use it?"

ubercow13 7y ago
I think you’re reading too much into my post, I was just wondering how to safely carry out this idea. One reason I was wondering is that manually administering the virus to people seems more akin to a vaccine in nature.
- danieltillett 7y ago
  Only if you consider hanging out with someone a vaccine. As I mentioned in my reply to you it will be impossible to stop this strain from being deliberately spread by people on their own.
  - CathedralBorrow 7y ago
    Wouldn't the same social distancing measures that keep the dangerous strain at bay keep the "good" one from spreading? And vice versa.
    - danieltillett 7y ago
      Yes they would, but if people know their friends have the mild version they might choose to break the social distancing rules and go and visit them for a tea and nice close chat.

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danieltillett 7y ago

There are dozens of ways the attenuated strain could be spread. You could do anything from going door to door sticking an infected swab up people’s noses to one of your contagion parties (they would be fun). Actually once a safe strain was identified it would be impossible to stop people spreading it on their own. People would test to make sure they had the safe strain and then invite everyone they knew around for tea and scones.

ubercow13 7y ago
Everyone they knew would need screening for the asymptomatic deadly strain first, or there would be a risk of everyone at the party catching the wrong strain.
- danieltillett 7y ago
  Depends on how large the party is :) People will do this on their own once the strain is identified and there is a test for it.