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Originally Posted by Jeff Hail
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Corona viruses are CONSTANTLY circumnavigating the globe. They have been forever.
Scientists have divided corona viruses into four sub-groupings, called alpha, beta, gamma, and delta. Seven of these viruses can infect people. The four common ones are:
• 229E (alpha)
• NL63 (alpha)
• OC43 (beta)
• HKU1 (beta)
The three less-common ones are:
• MERS-CoV, a beta virus that causes Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)
• SARS-CoV, a beta virus that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
• SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19
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Note the section above where Nelson is quoted as saying no one knew? They have all known for 102 years.
No doubt a bad bug is going around, its with us to stay if you research it. What will it be called next? How long will it peak, how many will it kill? No question its real but is it really novel? Not really based on history. ...snip....
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Early on in this latest virus fear campaign some Doc or Virologist called it
a cold virus. Hand-wringing ninnies gasped and demanded that calling this a cold virus was NOT acceptable. ...as this virus is set to k'k'k'k'KILL MILLIONS. So, no one calls it that, even tho' the average age for morbidity from this virus is 85 y/o (last I checked)
Wait, 85? That can't be right. I mean we have shut down economies and suspended rights of Americans just to spread the pain of this virus over a LONG period all for a cold that kills those on the edge of health?
Ok, I checked. And with counting people who had covid when they died (car accidents and such) we have pushed the average down to 80y/o.
https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/global-covid-19-case-fatality-rates/
Still, this is no 1918 bug.