New Covid-19 Variants

[arsenal]

Matt wrote.
" This is one of the reasons the WHO gave a press briefing not too long ago saying KoVid-19 might not be the big one,"

I'm in that camp. I don't think this is the big one.

[a447]

I'm in that camp. I don't think this is the big one.

Given our experience with Covid, the next time around should be handled much more effectively.

[arsenal]

a447 wrote.
"Given our experience with Covid, the next time around should be handled much more effectively."

No. And at the risk of sounding.like some tub thumping phophet of doom from Revelations.

This one is worldwide pandemic lite. An amuse-bouche of disease. A little taste of what may come. Four strains and proven to jump from humans to animals, mutate and then jump back. It's a serious illness but the huge majority of people survive it. The 'big one' when it shows up ain't gonna be like that.

"I'm gonna hurt you, and not gentle like before but bad."
Gene Hackman in Unforgiven.

[a447]

So you think that if and when "the big one" comes, Boris (if he's still around) will be just as indecisive as he's been with Covid?

I hope you are wrong. If not, God help you all.

[christianpfc]

Don't know about China, but I know for Africa it's because, well... obviously the natural climate and terrain lead to a bounty of life and species, viruses included.

But not in South and Central America. The Amazonas region is source of many pharmaceuticals (i.e. they are discovered in plants and animals and then produced synthetically), but no diseases.

Corona is pandemic light, a rehearsal. 90% of infected show no symtoms, 10% show symptoms, 1% have to be hospitalized, 0.1% die. But these would have died from a strong fart or 6 months later for no apparent reasons. The lockdown is much worse than the disease!

[arsenal]

arsenal wrote.
"This one is worldwide pandemic lite. An amuse-bouche of disease. A little taste of what may come. Four strains and proven to jump from humans to animals, mutate and then jump back. It's a serious illness but the huge majority of people survive it"

Christian wrote.
"Corona is pandemic light, a rehearsal. 90% of infected show no symtoms, 10% show symptoms, 1% have to be hospitalized, 0.1% die. But these would have died from a strong fart or 6 months later for no apparent reasons."

Paraphrased for sure but academically speaking accreditation would be expected.

[cdnmatt]

Paraphrased for sure but academically speaking accreditation would be expected.

There's still lots of these "it's just the flu" idiots out there. Kovid has already killed more Americans than all of WWII, and Kovid did it in just 10 months versus the almost 4 years it took during WWII.

And that's with all these lockdowns and everything in place. Just image what it'd be like if we didn't bother with any of that.

But sure, it's just the flu...

[arsenal]

No Matt.
Neither Christian nor I are downplaying this virus. We're just saying that this is not the 'big one'.

[goji]

Correct. Pandemics can be far worse than covid-19. The Spanish Flu killed about 50 million and of a variety of ages. From a much smaller global population.

[StevieWonders]

Correct. Pandemics can be far worse than covid-19. The Spanish Flu killed about 50 million and of a variety of ages. From a much smaller global population.

And without the medical advances of the last hundred years!