4 ms·
I wonder if the same thing will happen with COVID.
by samwestdev 4y ago
I wonder if the same thing will happen with COVID.
- notriddle 4y agoThe article literally says it's probably not going to happen. > He said that it was unlikely that Covid-19 outbreak would shape our immune system in a similar way — largely because the disease predominantly kills people after their reproductive age, meaning it's unlikely genes that confer protection would be passed on to the next generation.
- quickthrower2 4y agoWhat about long covid?
- RodgerTheGreat 4y agoThis article states that Covid-19 is the seventh leading cause of death in the US between the ages of 0 and 19 years old, based on data between 2020 and 2022: https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220527/COVID-19-found-to-be-among-the-top-10-causes-of-mortality-in-children-and-youth-in-the-United-States.aspx https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220527/COVID-19-found-to... This CDC presentation focuses on more recent data and places it at 4th or 5th leading cause of death in the US within those age ranges, based on finer age brackets: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/meetings/downloads/slides-2022-06-17-18/02-COVID-Fleming-Dutra-508.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/meetings/downloads/slides-... Looks like selective pressure to me.
- cm2187 4y agoCovid kills old people, the disease needs to kill young people, before they have kids, to have an impact on the gene pool (unless other factors than Darwinism are at play in the evolution of genes).