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Another logical fallacy here. If the society lets the virus spread more once it has become less lethal it has absolutely no effect on the lethality of the virus
by tigershark 5y ago
Another logical fallacy here.
If the society lets the virus spread more once it has become less lethal it has absolutely no effect on the lethality of the virus because the evolution happens in the past.
In the causal world in which we live future actions have absolutely no impact on the present.
- spurgu 5y ago> In the causal world in which we live future actions have absolutely no impact on the present. Of course it doesn't have any impact on the present. Neither did the old apes have any advantage over other animals just because they were gonna evolve into humans in the future. Some of them did however evolve into humans, due to events in the future (none of which were necessarily clear where they happened). Your argument doesn't make any sense. We define the success of the virus. We could nuke all humans on the planet right now and get rid of Covid. Or we could impose strict military lockdown measures forever and get rid of Covid. We don't because of the low perceived threat. The virus mutates by itself (call it "in the past" if you will) but human psychology is the main driver of the success of the virus.