R0 is dynamic. It's not determined just by environment (density and humidity etc) and the nature of the virus - it's also determined by herd immunity. So, even if flu X or cold Y is a more infectious virus, it may go down easier because it faces greater herd immunity.
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Haha yes, it is one of the herpes viruses, which causes mononucleosis. i contracted when I was 15 years old. It sucked, I was extremely sick for a month. Fortunately it has never come back in more than 25 years since, but for sure it is still lurking in my dna causing damage.
Yeah I got it too :( And herpes simplex 1, more favorably known as cold sores. You didn't get it from me did you? Lol
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Lol .. I am really not sure how I got it, I didn’t get it from sex. It is possible I got it from kissing a girl. Many carriers of EBV are unaware that they have it because if infected as a child you typically show no distinctive symptoms. Typically it’s nasty at age 15.
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Word, thought I had Lyme disease but turned out it was mono!
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