holy shit COVID never ended???
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COVID-19 PandemicIt can be generally said that many (most) viruses evolve to be non-lethal, as lethality reduces their ability to successfully reproduce and thrive. This was the most probable outcome, although epidemiologists warned that "most" doesn't mean all. Mutations are not predictable. Some viruses are horribly lethal.
Number 5 killer in 2025, and that's 5 years after killing off the most vulnerable.
Yeah the problem is they mutate in either direction, the "evolve to be non-lethal" part is essentially just natural selection doing its thing after the fact. But from time to time endemic viruses may just become way more lethal, as can be seen with the Spanish Flu in 1918-1920 and the Manchurian Plague in 1910-1911 (the latter having a death rate of close to 100% and being the reason face masks are widely used today). And while that could be controlled back then, it would be much harder today, given all the global traffic.
But from time to time endemic viruses may just become way more lethal, as can be seen with the Spanish Flu in 1918-1920 and the Manchurian Plague in 1910-1911
That's not correct. The influenza pandemic was not a new strain of influenza, it was a strain introduced to a naive population of soldiers taken from remote farm areas worldwide and concentrated into one small region of Europe. Then, the soldiers left the war and spread flu all across the remote areas of the US. The flu pandemics are more about naive populations. Same thing happened when Europeans first came to North America and wiped out indigenous populations with influenza.
Then, the soldiers left the war and spread flu all across the remote areas of the US.
Nah you are missing the point here. There was an already bad influenza strain, and millions of soldiers moving home on densely populated ships for weeks was a perfect environment for it to rapidly mutate and select for virulence and lethality. These soldiers making landfall then spread several strains of the virus, which led to vastly different mortality rates across the US. Much like we saw with Corona viruses rapidly mutating into different strains among the lockdowns.
still take the vaccine once a year 👌🏻
The Covid 19 vaccines are twice a year.
We're so thoroughly vaccinated that we aren't even encouraged to test for it anymore. So I don't even know if I have a regular flu or Covid. I think I can feel a difference though.
Coronavirus infection is very different than influenza. Most people who say they have flu just have a rhinovirus or coronavirus.
Is t that basically the trajectory of most colds/flus? They end up mutating to the point they gimp themselves for most people? For some they still fuck people up, but for most it lessens over time.
over time most people get immunity and we get a herd effect of protection, which we can speed up with vaccines.
Friend if mine was like "I've been sick for weeks and I can't fucking taste anything!" And I was like, yeah that's called COVID bro lol
He was one of the non-believers so I find it cathartic
Good video. Sad as hell though. I think COVID will be with us forever at this point.
Sad as hell though
Sad as hell was the disaster caused by politicizing the vaccine. The deaths that could have been avoided mostly in '21/22. By now most people are vaccinated and not very much affected, and the virus has mutated towards less dangerous.*
And yes, it'll be with us forever just like the common cold. Eradicating it was never the plan.
* sorry I should've watched the video first. Of course it's about the USA, things are probably worse there. Around here also Long Covid is being studied and medication is available.
I might have it right now (╥﹏╥)
same. help yourself by atleast eating and excercising and sleeping sufficiently.
i can yap on abt what i am considering for myself if wanted
Correct.
