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Even if prevalence per case is the same as flu; covid would still at least double the overall societal prevalence due to it being in addition to flu. Regarding
by nicoburns 5y ago
Even if prevalence per case is the same as flu; covid would still at least double the overall societal prevalence due to it being in addition to flu.
Regarding awareness, I meant more societal awareness such that we might direct funding towards it as we have done with cancers.
- __blockcipher__ 5y ago> Even if prevalence per case is the same as flu; covid would still at least double the overall societal prevalence due to it being in addition to flu. This sounds true if you don’t think long and hard about it, but actually the mechanics of viral spread are not quite that simple. For example there’s the phenomenom of interferon-mediated “viral interference” where infection with virus X wards off infection from virus Y (say, the influenza strain de jeur), which is thought to be attributable to acute upregulation of the innate immune system. So, it’s not always quite so simple.
- throwanem 5y agoPedant's note: the phrase is "du jour", French for "of the day".
- sokoloff 5y agoI sure hope that medical research funding decisions are driven by medical experts looking at data, not by any level of societal awareness (positive or negative).
- nicoburns 5y agoA lot of medical funding is from charities like Cancer Research which get their money from the general public. Public awareness plays a big part in which of these charities get funding.