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... assuming no reinfection and that the population of infected individuals is always small compared to a reservoir of susceptible individuals.
by derbOac 5y ago
... assuming no reinfection and that the population of infected individuals is always small compared to a reservoir of susceptible individuals.
- tgv 5y agoAnd assuming no counter measures. The deadlier the virus, the more measures we take. So it's in the virus' interest to become relatively benign.
- spurgu 5y agoThis is key. We're not looking at a statically behaving population, but a dynamic one.
- sjg007 5y agoThe virus is not conscious.
- catlikesshrimp 5y ago"So it's in the virus' interest to become relatively benign." I don't speak viruscode Maybe those of us who the virus kill the fastest die, the rest develops immunity and transmission stops? All hypothesis