Re:Yet another novel I will no longer write
by AnimalMuppet on Saturday April 04, 2020 @04:33PM
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Most of the infected aren't going out of their way and infecting people. A small number of the infected are acting with, at least, reckless disregard for the possibility of infecting others.
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Re:Yet another novel I will no longer write
by chippy on Saturday April 04, 2020 @07:52PM
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There has been one study on the influenza virus that says that people who are asymptomatic are more social than normal.
The simple hypotheses is that the virus wants the host to spread as much as possible.
Re:Yet another novel I will no longer write
by acdha on Saturday April 04, 2020 @09:15PM
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That was a small evo-psych study (38 people) and it wasn’t a study of the flu but rather the vaccine so there are other possibilities. It’s certainly possible but I’d avoid giving it much weight without more data.