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All viruses either die out or become endemic. They mutate continuously while reproducing in your body because copies are not perfect. Most mutations do nothing

All viruses either die out or become endemic. They mutate continuously while reproducing in your body because copies are not perfect. Most mutations do nothing. Sars2 is already well adapted to humans and none of the new mutations have significantly changed anything about the virus no matter what the media says so it looks like vaccines will end the pandemic soon. I think Sweden got accused of letting infected seniors just die. I remember it being a scandal last year.

thenaturalist 6y ago
> All viruses either die out or become endemic. Well... sure, the million dollar question is though how many die before that happens in the case of Sars2 isn't it? Can't really run a school without teachers or a factory without workers. What's your take away from this obvious fact? > ...and none of the new mutations have significantly changed anything about the virus no matter what the media says... That is a bold opinion. I guess the media pretty much does say nothing, but rather conveys scientific results? Several [0, 1, 2] scientific publications and studies done suggest something very different. There also seems to be a NY variant which seems to be markedly less affected by vaccines. [3] Quote Dr. Fauci: "Work done by David Ho has shown that we have to really keep an eye on that for its ability to evade both monoclonal antibody and, to a certain extent, the vaccine-induced antibodies. So it’s something we take very, very seriously." It sure seems like we're on a good track to pushing COVID towards one of the two outcomes, but to me it seems that the path to reaching said outcomes is not yet as trivial and safe as you make it sound. [0]: https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/news/2021/b117-variant-linked-55-higher-mortality-compared-other-strains-sars-cov-2 https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/news/2021/b117-variant-li... [1]: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2021/03/03/science.abg3055 https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2021/03/03/scie... [2]: https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n597 https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n597 [3]: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2021/03/01/press-briefing-by-white-house-covid-19-response-team-and-public-health-officials-9/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/202...
croes 6y ago
HIV anyone? Neither died out, neither endemic. How about ebola? Define significant change. The UK strain B 1.1.7 is 40% more infectious and 60% deadlier. The South African strain renders the AstraZeneca vaccine nearly useless.

thenaturalist 6y ago

> All viruses either die out or become endemic. Well... sure, the million dollar question is though how many die before that happens in the case of Sars2 isn't it? Can't really run a school without teachers or a factory without workers. What's your take away from this obvious fact? > ...and none of the new mutations have significantly changed anything about the virus no matter what the media says... That is a bold opinion. I guess the media pretty much does say nothing, but rather conveys scientific results? Several [0, 1, 2] scientific publications and studies done suggest something very different. There also seems to be a NY variant which seems to be markedly less affected by vaccines. [3] Quote Dr. Fauci: "Work done by David Ho has shown that we have to really keep an eye on that for its ability to evade both monoclonal antibody and, to a certain extent, the vaccine-induced antibodies. So it’s something we take very, very seriously." It sure seems like we're on a good track to pushing COVID towards one of the two outcomes, but to me it seems that the path to reaching said outcomes is not yet as trivial and safe as you make it sound. [0]: https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/news/2021/b117-variant-linked-55-higher-mortality-compared-other-strains-sars-cov-2 https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/news/2021/b117-variant-li... [1]: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2021/03/03/science.abg3055 https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2021/03/03/scie... [2]: https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n597 https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n597 [3]: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2021/03/01/press-briefing-by-white-house-covid-19-response-team-and-public-health-officials-9/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/202...

croes 6y ago

HIV anyone? Neither died out, neither endemic. How about ebola? Define significant change. The UK strain B 1.1.7 is 40% more infectious and 60% deadlier. The South African strain renders the AstraZeneca vaccine nearly useless.