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We don't know for sure. But several hypotheses are being thrown around: - when the virus hit the first time, the age group of those affected was higher, hence
by decebalus1 6y ago
We don't know for sure. But several hypotheses are being thrown around:
- when the virus hit the first time, the age group of those affected was higher, hence the high initial mortality.
- hospitals have better protocols now to deal with the disease. They learned a lot over the past months wrt to treatment. For example not putting people on ventilators that fast.
- through natural selection, a milder strain has managed to be more contagious but less lethal overall.
- some of the mask ordinances were effective in reducing the viral load
- SnowProblem 6y agoRegarding the last point, I'd never thought of a virus like a poison before. Very interesting, thank you. If I get a higher dose of virus does that mean I will be sicker? Yes – work on two other coronaviruses: severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (Mers) has shown this. https://www.sccm.org/getattachment/05471bbb-2f6d-40f4-aa0e-c402c70c69b6/What-is-viral-load-and-why-are-so-many-health-work https://www.sccm.org/getattachment/05471bbb-2f6d-40f4-aa0e-c...