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Before I say anything about fear mongering extremism, which species do you mean ?



Human species is the one I want to preserve.
That is not just because it is the species I care about the most, but also because it is the one most heading for extinction.
We know that increased population density and more movement between groups, will increase the gene pool of any diseases and cause faster mutation and evolution of that disease.
If we think of the disease as being a species, we want that species to go extinct.
The main cause of species extinction is insufficient gene pool. Which is caused by isolation.
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If he is as wrong about that as he is climate change can you still vote for him ?
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The corona virus is not worse than the flu, it is the flu and is treated like any other flu virus you can get. The illnesses and deaths are not even close to the typical flu year, which world wide can kill 291.000 to 646,00. If this is a 'normal' flu virus it will run it's course by the end of the month, if it is not it is an endemic, which would be really creepy as it does not have a season. It is already a pandemic as it has left the original continent. It also has nothing to do with your gene pool other than if you have a chronic disease, are under 5, a senior or elderly, just like all flus that effect your lungs. As the thread states in this country alone we had 80,000 deaths in the 2017/18 flu season, preventable mostly by a vaccine. Maybe every flu season we should be taking the precautions they are now?
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The corona virus is not worse than the flu, it is the flu and is treated like any other flu virus you can get. The illnesses and deaths are not even close to the typical flu year, which world wide can kill 291.000 to 646,00. If this is a 'normal' flu virus it will run it's course by the end of the month, if it is not it is an endemic, which would be really creepy as it does not have a season. It is already a pandemic as it has left the original continent. It also has nothing to do with your gene pool other than if you have a chronic disease, are under 5, a senior or elderly, just like all flus that effect your lungs. As the thread states in this country alone we had 80,000 deaths in the 2017/18 flu season, preventable mostly by a vaccine. Maybe every flu season we should be taking the precautions they are now?



You misunderstand.
It is the gene pool of the virus that is significant.
If the gene pool, rate of reproduction, and number of hosts is low enough, more deadly mutations are not likely.
When you get more deadly mutations is when you increase the disease gene pool, increase its rate of reproduction, and increase the number of hosts.
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  I have to disagree with Katie, for many reasons

1. with the flu, your body has built up some immunity from having layers and layers of flu shots each year or you having the flu before.

2. the reason scientist knew coronavirus was different was from looking at MRI it showed abnormal imaging in the brain this happened with SARS and MERS-CoV)

3. coronavirus is asymptomatic flu is not, Many are remaining asymptomatic. That means they show no signs of the disease, but they are carrying it. It may be delayed for 4 days to a week, or it may go without causing symptoms.

4. testing, you can be tested for the flu, only 64 people have been tested for coronavirus in the USA. There problems with testing people to even know they have it, which will surely cause this virus to spread

5. I could go on, but what's the point, you should realize by now it's much worse than the flu but it's not the black death.


lhttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/02/health/coronavirus-testing-cdc.html
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The bottom line is that it should be taken seriously. Better to do that and go a little overboard than to do the opposite and find out you made a big mistake.
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The coronavirus is a bad name for it.
As I understand it, the name "coronavirus" refers entirely to its appearance, with little spikes sticking out like a corona veil. And that include lost of things, including flu, common cold, SARS, MERS, etc.
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It has been named covid-19.
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Corona virus has been around for decades and can be traced back thousands of years, can't change what it is It's a name/label like everything else is named or labeled.
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  I have to disagree with Katie, for many reasons

1. with the flu, your body has built up some immunity from having layers and layers of flu shots each year or you having the flu before.

2. the reason scientist knew coronavirus was different was from looking at MRI it showed abnormal imaging in the brain this happened with SARS and MERS-CoV)

3. coronavirus is asymptomatic flu is not, Many are remaining asymptomatic. That means they show no signs of the disease, but they are carrying it. It may be delayed for 4 days to a week, or it may go without causing symptoms.

4. testing, you can be tested for the flu, only 64 people have been tested for coronavirus in the USA. There problems with testing people to even know they have it, which will surely cause this virus to spread

5. I could go on, but what's the point, you should realize by now it's much worse than the flu but it's not the black death.


lhttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/02/health/coronavirus-testing-cdc.html



(1) there is no such thing as "layers and layers of flu shots.

(2) the reason conronaviruses are different, they are from animals.

(3) All flus/colds have a window of a period they are not symtomatic

(4) You can be tested for both, yet the treatment is the same.

(5) I do not know that it is worse than the flu or not, it is not apparent yet.
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