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> There's hundreds of coronavirus and they're all respiratory viruses. How many coronaviruses can infect humans?

by DanBC 6y ago

nickthemagicman 6y ago
That's what Google is for. Take some initiative and educate yourself and stop being so arrogant and ignorant.
- DanBC 6y ago
  There are seven coronaviruses that infect humans. 229E, NL63, OC43, HKU1, MERS-CoV, SARS-CoV, and SARS-CoV-2. You said "hundreds". What did you mean when you said hundreds?
  - Supermancho 6y ago
    When talking about viruses, it's a little more complicated than a label. Viruses naturally differentiate in a measurable way from host to host as part of their function (hijacking the host's cells). Scientifically, viruses are lumped into common behavior and generic similarities. Many individual variations do not propagate enough to be noticed, but some do. There was quite a bit of talk from some people about the 112 strains of coronavirus, which was not constructive, but technically correct (re: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/is-there-more-than-one-strain-of-the-new-coronavirus#Why-are-mutations-significant https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/is-there-more-than...? etc) awhile back.
  - nickthemagicman 6y ago
    I've been rate limited by the site until now. Of the 7 strains of Coronavirus that you just listed..which of those cause respiratory illness?
    - DanBC 6y ago
      They're all respiratory illnesses, but that doesn't mean the only affect the lungs. MERS caused kidney failure in some patients.
      - nickthemagicman 6y ago
        'some' When you say 'some' you're either being disingenuous or aren't good at statistics. It's not the norm or even common. It's the rare side effect. Wellbutrin causes 5 hour erections in some patients but that doesn't make it an erectile dysfunction medication. These are called respiratory viruses for a reason because THEY'RE RESPIRATORY VIRUSES. You need to recognize that you're arrogant and ignorant and figure out how to correct that, to better your life and to better society.
        dang 6y ago
        We ban accounts that do personal attacks and flamewar, so please don't do those things on HN. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

> There's hundreds of coronavirus and they're all respiratory viruses. How many coronaviruses can infect humans?

by DanBC 6y ago

> There's hundreds of coronavirus and they're all respiratory viruses. How many coronaviruses can infect humans?

nickthemagicman 6y ago

That's what Google is for. Take some initiative and educate yourself and stop being so arrogant and ignorant.

DanBC 6y ago
There are seven coronaviruses that infect humans. 229E, NL63, OC43, HKU1, MERS-CoV, SARS-CoV, and SARS-CoV-2. You said "hundreds". What did you mean when you said hundreds?
- Supermancho 6y ago
  When talking about viruses, it's a little more complicated than a label. Viruses naturally differentiate in a measurable way from host to host as part of their function (hijacking the host's cells). Scientifically, viruses are lumped into common behavior and generic similarities. Many individual variations do not propagate enough to be noticed, but some do. There was quite a bit of talk from some people about the 112 strains of coronavirus, which was not constructive, but technically correct (re: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/is-there-more-than-one-strain-of-the-new-coronavirus#Why-are-mutations-significant https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/is-there-more-than...? etc) awhile back.
- nickthemagicman 6y ago
  I've been rate limited by the site until now. Of the 7 strains of Coronavirus that you just listed..which of those cause respiratory illness?
  - DanBC 6y ago
    They're all respiratory illnesses, but that doesn't mean the only affect the lungs. MERS caused kidney failure in some patients.
    - nickthemagicman 6y ago
      'some' When you say 'some' you're either being disingenuous or aren't good at statistics. It's not the norm or even common. It's the rare side effect. Wellbutrin causes 5 hour erections in some patients but that doesn't make it an erectile dysfunction medication. These are called respiratory viruses for a reason because THEY'RE RESPIRATORY VIRUSES. You need to recognize that you're arrogant and ignorant and figure out how to correct that, to better your life and to better society.
      - dang 6y ago
        We ban accounts that do personal attacks and flamewar, so please don't do those things on HN. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html