Re:Coronavirus: Germany infection rate rises as lockdown eases
by mikem170 on Sunday May 10, 2020 @08:31PM
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>Or it could be like the flu, and mutate / continue indefinitely.
I gather that is unlikely, coronaviruses don't mutate like the flu.
In fact, according to experts, it is most likely that this coronavirus will decrease in severity over time and become endemic like the other several coronaviruses that are responsible for 15% of common colds. Or, alternatively, occasionally returning like a bad flu year. https://www.statnews.com/2020/02/04/two-scenarios-if-new-cor...
I remember reading in other places this may have happened before, something about a really bad flu year in the 1870's that may have been another coronavirus introducing itself to humanity.
I gather that is unlikely, coronaviruses don't mutate like the flu.
In fact, according to experts, it is most likely that this coronavirus will decrease in severity over time and become endemic like the other several coronaviruses that are responsible for 15% of common colds. Or, alternatively, occasionally returning like a bad flu year. https://www.statnews.com/2020/02/04/two-scenarios-if-new-cor...
I remember reading in other places this may have happened before, something about a really bad flu year in the 1870's that may have been another coronavirus introducing itself to humanity.