Do people know that the 1890 pandemic was likely caused by another coronavirus, OC43 (that was then novel?) Nowadays, no longer novel, it is one of the causes of the common cold. We're obviously not living in the OC43 pandemic since, and we won't live in a COVID pandemic forever.
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Also, flu pandemics happen, of course, but they too end once it is no longer novel to enough people. (And flu has a lot of tricks this virus does not have). Plus, we have vaccines now (we did not for flu for 1918 but that one ended, too). It sucks, truly, but it's not endless.
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Unlike many terrible *past* pandemics (yes, past), we have vaccines now. Ideally, we move forward by learning from all this: how to get ready for next time, and how to reduce disease burden from all respiratory illnesses. But viruses do not stand outside biology and history.
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One informed dissent to my "likely"—though I'll keep the original point: pandemics end and viruses don't stand outside of all known biology or history. We're facing a coronavirus (not the first time), and there are already vaccines.https://twitter.com/BallouxFrancois/status/1442534762783072259 …
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Another informed perspective on what else it may have been. (I'll repeat: it ended!)https://twitter.com/jbloom_lab/status/1442541684651225088 …
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I would like to know the timeline on how/when sars-cov-2 could become like a common cold for most. Listening to
@profvrr on TWiV, he suggested "not in his lifetime" which lead me to wonder, how many vaccinations, infections, mutations for this stage to be reached. -
He certainly believes sars-cov-2 will become the 5th common cold coronavirus but again what else will need to take place to get from point A to point B. Obviously more vaccinations among naïve, but are we looking at annual vaccination, multiple infections, etc? Nobody knows.
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It would be nice to know which businesses and schools spent the last year upgrading their ventilation systems.
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Recently, the research on ventilation shows it works quite well to limit infection by greatly reducing viral load in the air. Also, a great surprise, better ventilation & air purifiers with HEPA filters also reduce MOST the ambient viruses, bacteria & fungal loads! Better Health!
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"But SARS-CoV-2 isn't some virus that stands against all biology." Of course not. But if SARS-CoV-2 has super antigen then that may make it very different from flu, OC43, etc.
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Zeynep, please keep up your excellent work for aggressive public health measures! Also lets avoid feeding the huge machine pushing "live with Covid" and "If not now then when". There are too many forces asking us to suck-it-up and die.
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