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> So, no, pigs are not resistant but more resistant than cattle and humans. ...what does 'resistant' mean if not 'less likely to be infected than something els
by gwern 2y ago
> So, no, pigs are not resistant but more resistant than cattle and humans.
...what does 'resistant' mean if not 'less likely to be infected than something else is'? Is it not inherently a comparison?
- rdtsc 2y agoRight, that's exactly what I (GP) took it to mean. Maybe there is medical "resistance" term to mean 100% immunity from something, but I meant it in a pedestrian sense that pigs are considered _more_ resistant than say cows, when I thought they'd be about the same risk for both.