The Soapbox

Joined: 06/03/2005 Posts: 31002
Likes: 52319

25000+ Posts

Board Member 15+ Years

10000 Likes

10000 Likes

10000 Likes

10000 Likes

10000 Likes

2000 Likes

250 Likes

What's this?

A virus that is too deadly tends to be self limiting by

killing the host before they can infect others. I would think evolutionary biology would favor a disease becoming more contagious with longer periods of asymptomatic spread… but less deadly.

Here’s an article that sort of touches on the topic.

(In response to this post by 81_Hokie)

Link: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-viruses-evolve-180975343/

Posted: 12/05/2021 at 11:46AM

+1

PREV NEXT REPLY

Insert a Link

Enter the title of the link here:

Enter the full web address of the link here -- include the "http://" part:

Current Thread:

I didn’t think Twitter could do nuance, but here it is on Omicron -- WahooMatt05 12/05/2021 08:25AM

That was really good and aligns with what I have been hearing -- 111Balz 12/05/2021 09:16AM

Which tends to be in line with natural evolution of highly contagious -- hoolstoptheheels 12/05/2021 09:28AM

I have seen that repeated here and other bulletin boards but -- 81_Hokie 12/05/2021 11:03AM

Another link on the subject. -- hoolstoptheheels 12/05/2021 11:55AM

A virus that is too deadly tends to be self limiting by -- BocaHoo91 12/05/2021 11:46AM

I understand the rationale for thinking that, it seems actual data that -- 81_Hokie 12/05/2021 12:24PM

Good news...at least for those who are vaxxed and/or boosted ** -- Tuckahokie 12/05/2021 09:18AM

Unfortunately US public health officials are incapable of nuance -- jpmHoo 12/05/2021 08:46AM

That’s quite the statement coming from you, the great soapbox nuance -- hoolstoptheheels 12/05/2021 09:27AM

Lack of nuance erodes public confidence, which in turn caps vax rates -- jpmHoo 12/05/2021 10:05AM

The death stats are what they are, and that is not being blinded by -- hoolstoptheheels 12/05/2021 10:34AM

This assumes any level of post-mortem curiosity/inquiry regarding... -- jpmHoo 12/05/2021 10:55AM

Actually it is being tracked, but at the pace of occurrence it’ll take a wh -- 111Balz 12/05/2021 10:58AM

LOL - being tracked as well as asymptomatic infections ** -- jpmHoo 12/05/2021 11:05AM

True. The biggest missing element of our Covid response has been testing. -- hoolstoptheheels 12/05/2021 11:14AM

So the Canadian recommendation for PFE instead of MDNA for young males... -- jpmHoo 12/05/2021 11:20AM

No. They are making a recommendation between the mRNA vaccines based on -- hoolstoptheheels 12/05/2021 11:32AM

I’ve decided jpmhoo is simply terrified of needles and must tell himself -- SixerHoo 12/05/2021 1:21PM

999 of 1000scientists likely would say that deaths are easier to track -- 111Balz 12/05/2021 11:14AM

Your posts oscillate relying on critical assumptions which have no basis -- fishhoo 12/05/2021 10:31AM

It’s based on selfishness. All for one and one for all has become what -- 111Balz 12/05/2021 10:53AM

Did you miss the news that the vaccinated can transmit the virus? -- jpmHoo 12/05/2021 10:57AM

Please stop acting like you have a point. You don’t. Yes we all know that. -- 111Balz 12/05/2021 11:00AM

This seems relevant -- WahooMatt05 12/05/2021 11:24AM

It is relevant. It's a perfect example of how the... -- Los Angeles Hoo 12/05/2021 11:31AM

Thousands of people don’t die daily from the cold/flu ** -- WahooMatt05 12/05/2021 11:35AM

It is a respiratory/cold virus. You can argue about how dangerous... -- Los Angeles Hoo 12/05/2021 11:53AM

Almost every phrase in that post is a lie. Over 800,000 people have died fr -- 111Balz 12/05/2021 3:19PM

Pro-Trump counties now have a higher death rate from COVID-19 than counties -- WahooMatt05 12/05/2021 12:04PM

As with many COVID pseudo-stats, that one is also misinformation, but... -- Los Angeles Hoo 12/05/2021 12:13PM

Pseudo stats. Like facts. Such as -- BocaHoo91 12/05/2021 4:20PM

Pseudo-stats are stats that are used to… -- Los Angeles Hoo 12/05/2021 4:27PM

And all this time I thought -- BocaHoo91 12/05/2021 4:30PM

It never fails. When cornered… -- Los Angeles Hoo 12/05/2021 4:44PM

Lol. When cornered? More like when you show what -- BocaHoo91 12/05/2021 6:08PM

And my favorite insult is the one where… -- Los Angeles Hoo 12/05/2021 6:37PM

I’ve never seen a UVa grad write it U. va. Certainly not 2X in one sentence -- SixerHoo 12/06/2021 09:45AM

Not necessarily a test of intelligence, but I don’t know -- BocaHoo91 12/05/2021 6:42PM

No that’s what you and JPM have tried to steer the conversation too. The th -- 111Balz 12/05/2021 3:22PM

How convenient and lazy it is to simply reject facts that don’t -- SixerHoo 12/05/2021 1:06PM

CDC director says they're 80% effective, so it must be so! ** -- jpmHoo 12/05/2021 11:01AM

Just the response I expected from CDC sycophants -- jpmHoo 12/05/2021 10:48AM

This response shows just how completely disingenuous you are about all of -- fishhoo 12/05/2021 11:10AM

You have mail, Sir. ** -- Shenhoo 12/05/2021 3:32PM

Agreed. You should consider stopping engaging in it. -- hoolstoptheheels 12/05/2021 11:05AM

What you are calling throw caution to the wind is actually following the -- 111Balz 12/05/2021 10:56AM

Was it the 4th dose that impaired your reading comprehension? Or the 3rd? -- jpmHoo 12/05/2021 11:00AM

Bought your Antonio Brown jersey yet?? ** -- DTsBicep 12/05/2021 10:09AM

Or maybe you’re a selfish idiot** -- 111Balz 12/05/2021 09:16AM

I'm sure they won't turn you away at the vax clinic for your 5th dose -- jpmHoo 12/05/2021 10:05AM

That was incredibly funny. Really clever. ** -- 111Balz 12/05/2021 10:08AM

Actually, I'd bet a big box store pharmacy would be a safer bet -- jpmHoo 12/05/2021 10:10AM

Notice: Trying to get property 'queue' of non-object in /data/www/sportswar.com/wp-includes/script-loader.php on line 2781

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /data/www/sportswar.com/wp-includes/script-loader.php on line 2781