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The virus is “getting tired” globally at the same time!? That sounds almost mystical.
by DSingularity 6y ago
The virus is “getting tired” globally at the same time!? That sounds almost mystical.
- thomasahle 6y agoWasn't that what people were predicting would happen in the summer since the beginning? And then probably with a rebound in autumn/next winter.
- yorwba 6y agoThat's not so great news for the southern half of the planet.
- kerkeslager 6y ago1. No, people weren't predicting that the virus would "get tired". 2. Even if we generously interpret this as meaning that the virus would be less infectious in warmer weather, the only evidence we had pointed to this as only a possibility, rather than something we could predict. 3. As summer has begun in the Northern hemisphere, we still don't have any good evidence that the virus is less infectious in warmer weather--certainly not in the Southern US where the disease continues to spread unchecked.
- dekhn 6y agoAll predictions about seasonality were made using analogy to similar viruses which have shown that sort of behavior. I am not aware of any high quality scientific evidence supporting seasonality (or nonseasonality). I think that only really becomes available after several seasons; predictions aren't super helpful here.
- s1artibartfast 6y agoI don't think it is generous to believe "getting tired" was used metaphorically. On the other hand, perhaps you are right and this medical doctor really thinks the virus is a singular entity, with thoughts and feelings.
- H8crilA 6y agoNo idea if the claim is true, but that's exactly what you'd expect from "pockets of immunity".
- lukifer 6y agoAs mindless replicators, viruses are also incentivized to mutate into less deadly forms over time, so as to spread more effectively.
- jansan 6y agoEspecially if the more deadly variants are stuck in bodies of people being isolated. With quarantine measures in place, the less aggressive variants (if different variants with varying degrees of aggressiveness exist) will spread more.
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- throwawaysea 6y agoI don't think they mean that literally, but are saying that there is some mechanism that is causing the virus to spread less.
- gnusty_gnurc 6y agoIt’s crazy how much demagoguing is going around, and arriving at the conclusion to silence these people.