Re:U.S. Identifies First Coronavirus Case Without Outbreak Ties
by ForHackernews on Thursday February 27, 2020 @03:15AM
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People stay home when they feel like crap. I bet parent comment is right that severe symptoms are selected against.
> Hence selection pressures will skew it towards “Antibody resistant, lower fatality”
But that's my question: Will it in this case? If those with severe symptoms are more likely to go out and spread the disease, wouldn't the more severe version be positively selected?