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> >COVID does not seem to be bouncing between animal hosts You make antibodies to all kinds of things. You likely have antibodies to cat viruses that have no c

> >COVID does not seem to be bouncing between animal hosts You make antibodies to all kinds of things. You likely have antibodies to cat viruses that have no chance of infecting you. Again, stop the fear mongering. > they always evolve to become less deadly. As with any 'rule', there are exceptions, but that is the general idea yes. There is little need to worry about future variants.

varelse 5y ago
35% is the fatality rate of MERS, a related CoronaVirus, and you have presented zero evidence to prove it's impossible SARS-CoV-2 mutate up to that rate. You sound like you're trying to cover up peer-reviewed data suggesting we take this into account. You have also presented no evidence that with increased transmissibility we won't see increased fatality. Put up or shut up.
- iammisc 5y ago
  Viruses don't 'mutate' up to a death rate. They mutate to a low death rate in one host, then sometimes cross, and happen to cause a higher death rate in the new species. Can Sars cov2 cross to another animal, mutate, and come back to humans with a higher death rate? Certainly, but that's not what we're talking about with these variants.
  - varelse 5y ago
    So you are asserting it is impossible for a virus to increase its fatality rate through mutation within the same species? That there has to be a zoonotic transfer for this to be possible? Where's your evidence? Because this must mean that contrary to the prevailing belief across the scientific community that Spanish Flu did exactly that (1), there must have been 2 Zoonotic events transfer events between the first and second wave. You're looking at a Nobel Prize here if you're right, take your best shot sport! 1. https://www.livescience.com/1918-flu-variant-deadlier-later-waves-lung-tissue.html https://www.livescience.com/1918-flu-variant-deadlier-later-...
    - iammisc 5y ago
      I'll just quote what I said above: > As with any 'rule', there are exceptions, but that is the general idea yes. There is little need to worry about future variants.
      - varelse 5y ago
        According to you. And we should all take you at your word because this is the hill on which you have chosen to die? Got it.

varelse 5y ago

35% is the fatality rate of MERS, a related CoronaVirus, and you have presented zero evidence to prove it's impossible SARS-CoV-2 mutate up to that rate. You sound like you're trying to cover up peer-reviewed data suggesting we take this into account. You have also presented no evidence that with increased transmissibility we won't see increased fatality. Put up or shut up.

iammisc 5y ago
Viruses don't 'mutate' up to a death rate. They mutate to a low death rate in one host, then sometimes cross, and happen to cause a higher death rate in the new species. Can Sars cov2 cross to another animal, mutate, and come back to humans with a higher death rate? Certainly, but that's not what we're talking about with these variants.
- varelse 5y ago
  So you are asserting it is impossible for a virus to increase its fatality rate through mutation within the same species? That there has to be a zoonotic transfer for this to be possible? Where's your evidence? Because this must mean that contrary to the prevailing belief across the scientific community that Spanish Flu did exactly that (1), there must have been 2 Zoonotic events transfer events between the first and second wave. You're looking at a Nobel Prize here if you're right, take your best shot sport! 1. https://www.livescience.com/1918-flu-variant-deadlier-later-waves-lung-tissue.html https://www.livescience.com/1918-flu-variant-deadlier-later-...
  - iammisc 5y ago
    I'll just quote what I said above: > As with any 'rule', there are exceptions, but that is the general idea yes. There is little need to worry about future variants.
    - varelse 5y ago
      According to you. And we should all take you at your word because this is the hill on which you have chosen to die? Got it.