Idea: genetic screening of people who are asymptomatic (some intelligent sampling required) search for strains that are mild, see if they confer resistance natural vaccine? possible that physically healthier, wilder people have evolved a progressively less pathological strain?
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e.g. Iceland has 50% of cases Asymptomatic. Germany has a low death rate northern US Homeless population (eg boston) is probably unusually physically strong, this might explain the high number of cases that are asymptomatic this will probably not help residents of nursing homes
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similarly: might children, & possibly their youngish parents, mostly have mild/asymptomatic cases because plentiful recent 'common cold' coronavirus infections (widespread among school-aged) offer some cross-immunity? (earlier speculation in same vein: https://twitter.com/gojomo/status/1244040085453934592 …)
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Gordon Mohr ꧁ 👁 👁꧂ @gojomoReplying to @TMKehrenberg @robinhansonpersonally, I'd think I'd pay a reputable outfit that could re-infect me w/ one or more of the cold-causing coronaviruses that I've almost certainly had before, but for which my ensuing immunity has likely faded – for the tiny chance of some cross-immunity https://twitter.com/gojomo/status/1242577795236020224 …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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i don’t know, I feel like if there is cross immunity it is quite limited, but children and women seem to handle this a lot better. it seems to absolutely wreck men who are under the time pressures of modern life.
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seems there may be some ‘hidden variable’, not obvious from other demographics/lifestyle choices, that destines people for either bad case or mild/undetectable case... & arbitrary previous infection by (distantly-)related virus could fit the bill
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it’s timish. doesn’t effect homeless, or icelanders. doesn’t effect woman as much as men, doesn’t effect children much. effects men a lot, but not physically robust doctors, not, seemingly, the indefatigable
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“Chronos virus”
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