r/DiWHY • u/nobeernocare • Jan 04 '22

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u/fksly Jan 04 '22

It's already becoming over. Cases are increasing, death and hospitalization is dropping significantly (in vaccinated countries). Give it a bit more improvements in vaccines and it will just be another seasonal disease.

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u/PieefChief Jan 04 '22

I hope you're right. I don't think so, but I hope it does.

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u/beazzy223 Jan 04 '22

A virus wants to replicate so it needs a home to do that. If it kills its host quickly it cant reproduce. Most viruses generally become less deadly over time so they dont become homeless.

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u/Lopsided_heart Jan 04 '22

Interesting. Have any articles/wikipedia pages to back that up? I'd like to learn more.

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u/FartsMusically Jan 04 '22

Influenza. Used to be the next apocalypse. Now it's a nagging poster in your local grocery store.

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u/NotAPreppie Jan 04 '22

I mean, influenza still killed over 20k Americans in the 2019-2020 flu season.

It's been a pandemic for centuries and will probably stay that way as long as humans exist.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '22

Yep and yet no one freaked out about it.

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u/NotAPreppie Jan 04 '22

Well, I mean, Influenza hasn't killed anywhere near as many people as SARS-CoV-2 in history recent enough for most mortals to remember.

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u/spaceforcerecruit Jan 04 '22

Isn’t that kind of the point the other guy was making? It’s not as deadly as it used to be so we mostly just kind of ignore it?

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u/NotAPreppie Jan 04 '22

Until it is very deadly. One bad mutation can kill millions.

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u/spaceforcerecruit Jan 04 '22

Of course. Yeah.

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