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Old 04-06-21, 09:13 AM   #191
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All Viruses keep mutating, as that's what they do to survive until they are either eradicated or immune to all known attacks/medicines.

This will more than likely become a part of life/society for the next few years (probably longer) and dealt with like the seasonal Flu, with Yearly vaccines/top ups depending on the current status of Herd immunity and the variants doing the rounds.
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Old 04-06-21, 09:39 AM   #192
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All Viruses keep mutating, as that's what they do to survive until they are either eradicated or immune to all known attacks/medicines.

This will more than likely become a part of life/society for the next few years (probably longer) and dealt with like the seasonal Flu, with Yearly vaccines/top ups depending on the current status of Herd immunity and the variants doing the rounds.
Agree, we are stuck with it now. The reason Smallpox, Polio etc could be eradicated by mass vaccination was that the were stable and did not mutate, but with coronavirus family they are famous for mutating...
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Old 04-06-21, 12:21 PM   #193
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Anyone keeping a variant tally?
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just make it stop, please.
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This will more than likely become a part of life/society for the next few years (probably longer) and dealt with like the seasonal Flu, with Yearly vaccines/top ups depending on the current status of Herd immunity and the variants doing the rounds.
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Agree, we are stuck with it now. The reason Smallpox, Polio etc could be eradicated by mass vaccination was that the were stable and did not mutate, but with coronavirus family they are famous for mutating...
Yes, it's 'in the wild' now. As I understand it, such mutations tend towards less nasty variants (simply because a virus that becomes too effective at killing its host will eventually self-eradicate too). I guess it could take some time and many changes to see that clearly for Covid-19 though.

IMHO, the residual problem seems to be that the ruling organisations or their health advisors have created an expectation that we will only be "safe" when humankind is pretty much unaffected by it in all circumstances.

I think the reality is that we need to understand that, at a macro level, the general populus must accept some risk, i.e. no one knows individually who or when, but some will be badly affected by this virus on a routine basis (incl. even dying). It's a brutal truth but this is what happens with "the flu" and many other things. But what pattern of 'loss' is acceptable? That's what we need to figure out and agree on. It's a heated argument that has been raging since day one.
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Old 07-06-21, 01:44 PM   #194
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At last the politicians and scientists are beginning to believe what most people suspected all along. No wonder the CCP threatened the Aussies for suggesting that China made and released the virus.



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Old 07-06-21, 03:48 PM   #195
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Give this a watch - whole new ball game (possibly)
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They wish the Bat story had stuck now
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USA implicated in funding of bat coronavirus research in Wuhan



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Well, so much for freedom day.

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Yep. And we should have shut the borders long ago.

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