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> A surge now is a bad thing. It's always been a bad thing and will continue to be a bad thing.
by titzer 6y ago
> A surge now is a bad thing.
It's always been a bad thing and will continue to be a bad thing.
- pmiller2 6y agoIt’s a little worse now in terms of selective pressures, but, at least hospitals aren’t overflowing currently.
- fredophile 6y agoI'd argue that it's worse now. Where I live we have over 20% vaccinated right now and that number increases every day. This adds a bias for mutations that are vaccine resistant. A mutation that gives a slight disadvantage, but means the vaccine won't stop it, would have gone nowhere a year ago. Now that same mutation has a large population where it can easily outcompete the current virus.
- titzer 6y agoThat's a good point. I guess the worst situation would be almost herd immunity, with the majority being vaccinated but a minority of unvaccinated people constantly circulating the virus. The vaccinated population then represents verdant fields: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yybsSqcB7mE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yybsSqcB7mE