So, a virus can get less dangerous over time if mutations fail to keep up with growth in immunity, whether that be from natural immunity or with the help of vaccination.
This is one of the ways pandemics end, and that end result would look like Covid becoming endemic, virtually the whole population being immune to it, and it essentially just becoming like the many other coronaviruses that just spread around seasonally and cause the common cold, or influenza viruses that cause the flu. Death is relatively uncommon to the point where the disease is not a major cause for concern.
I hope that happens, but it seems like a flu that's as contagious as covid19 would cause major disruptions to society every time antibodies wear off or a new variant comes around, even if it's not particularly deadly to most people. The length of time you are infectious before showing symptoms and how contagious it is, and how many animals it can infect... it just seems like a really stupid gamble to expect it to become like the common cold.
I definitely agree and the real solution would have been to just put the entire world on hold for a few months to snuff it out before it became a mass pandemic, but alas, ill-conceived profit-motivated decision making got us to where we are now, and pushing all responsibility and consequences onto the working class in such a way that covid becoming endemic can be profitable for the capitalist class is the main plan in most of the world.
This narrative only holds for developed countries, and not for all diseases. RSV kills tens of thousands a year, and tuberculosis wipes out a million humans a year.
There are still a few hundred people dying per day, but it’s on the decline and with well over half the population immune (a number that’s only heading up) the writing is on the wall. Cases should drop under 10k per day within a couple weeks. Summer temperatures will be good for keeping numbers low, too.
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The doomers have been wrong about everything this year, and they can stay wrong and stay mad. They were wrong about B117 escaping the vaccine, wrong about the delta variant escaping the vaccine, wrong about a spring 2021 wave, and they’ll keep being wrong for internet points until we stop giving the points to them
Absolutely. Extreme circulation in western countries right now, with a concurrent Delta epidemic in some locations…not that co-infection is a guarantee of anything evolving, but the rapidly growing mix of Delta and Omicron patients in UK hospitals right now isn’t the most encouraging thought to dwell on.
And that’s completely ignoring how Omicron is probably gonna absolutely rip through the global south.
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Don't worry, future mutations will be much safer. Trust me bro.
"i've got herd immunity, i've got herd immunity", i continue to insist as a slowly shrink and transform into a mass of COVID-OMEGA-9 virii
I've got HEARD immunity, because I've heard enough about this shit, I'm immune to caring :amerikkka-clap:
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em
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So, a virus can get less dangerous over time if mutations fail to keep up with growth in immunity, whether that be from natural immunity or with the help of vaccination.
This is one of the ways pandemics end, and that end result would look like Covid becoming endemic, virtually the whole population being immune to it, and it essentially just becoming like the many other coronaviruses that just spread around seasonally and cause the common cold, or influenza viruses that cause the flu. Death is relatively uncommon to the point where the disease is not a major cause for concern.
I hope that happens, but it seems like a flu that's as contagious as covid19 would cause major disruptions to society every time antibodies wear off or a new variant comes around, even if it's not particularly deadly to most people. The length of time you are infectious before showing symptoms and how contagious it is, and how many animals it can infect... it just seems like a really stupid gamble to expect it to become like the common cold.
I definitely agree and the real solution would have been to just put the entire world on hold for a few months to snuff it out before it became a mass pandemic, but alas, ill-conceived profit-motivated decision making got us to where we are now, and pushing all responsibility and consequences onto the working class in such a way that covid becoming endemic can be profitable for the capitalist class is the main plan in most of the world.
This narrative only holds for developed countries, and not for all diseases. RSV kills tens of thousands a year, and tuberculosis wipes out a million humans a year.
There's a tendency / propensity for becoming less deadly / damaging but it's driven by a random walk and can sometimes do the opposite as it evolves.
Long-term, those people are certainly correct. But how long until they are? Could be a year, could be a decade.
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https://youtu.be/467apIoFo7g
video by actual medical doctor explaining this stuff
Thinking back to posts this past summer…
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Absolutely. Extreme circulation in western countries right now, with a concurrent Delta epidemic in some locations…not that co-infection is a guarantee of anything evolving, but the rapidly growing mix of Delta and Omicron patients in UK hospitals right now isn’t the most encouraging thought to dwell on.
And that’s completely ignoring how Omicron is probably gonna absolutely rip through the global south.
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