Re:Pangolins found to carry viruses related to Covid-19
by gamblor956 on Thursday March 26, 2020 @12:58PM
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Except for the part where bacteria can evolve permanent resistances to antibacterial agents, and survive for weeks or months on surfaces, while viruses have a limited ability to adapt to antivirals and have a short and finite span of viability in the wild.
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Re:Pangolins found to carry viruses related to Covid-19
by AlotOfReading on Friday March 27, 2020 @01:33AM
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Antibiotic resistance has an energetic cost and generally gets selected against in the absence of agents. Bacteria are also much easier (and cheaper) to test for. Even if there was a hyperbug, you can afford to check everyone inside a half mile of the infected for relatively low cost.