5 ms·

4-5 times worse than flu is fine. If it mutates to be more deadly like sars we would obviously change strategies and need a new vaccine for that.

• nikolay 4y ago
  Not exactly - there's enough data that each infection accumulates damage. This is not the flu and you're not back to where you were before the COVID-19 episode.
  • kevin_thibedeau 4y ago
    Influenza was significantly more lethal before the 50s.
    • nikolay 4y ago
      So, we have 30 years to wait until SARS-CoV-2 becomes like the flu?
  • Lumbolol 4y ago
    Each time you catch the flu you also accumulate damage. Same with every disease. Just because you feel back to normal after getting over an illness it doesn't mean there isn't a permanent hit taken in terms of future repair & recovery capacity. I suppose the argument is that Covid-19 causes more long term damage in many people when compared to other similar illnesses? That's interesting, but part of me wonders if this is just a false flag due to how much research there is going into covid.
    • EdwardDiego 4y ago
      Glad we don't have to worry about Long Covid because you said it's the same as every other disease. Hey scientists, you can stop studying it, a person on HN has cracked it. Why would you even think that it's a false flag? I'm lost as to your logical progression.
• EdwardDiego 4y ago
  ...for a given (and very odd) value of "fine".