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Re:SARS-CoV-2 Gamma variant infected 16 fully Pfizer vaccina... by scheme271 on Friday July 23, 2021 @02:26AM (#27927811)
All of this really depends on the specifics of the disease. For example, HIV is pretty much 100% fatal and it has remained so over the last 40 years. Syphilis and Leprosy also have high fatality rates and have been around for 2000+ years. If a fatal disease doesn't kill the host for a while then it can easily become more transmissible while still being very harmful.
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Re:SARS-CoV-2 Gamma variant infected 16 fully Pfizer vaccina... by chiefalchemist on Friday July 23, 2021 @06:54AM (#27929299)
Exactly. Long incubation period. Takes long to kill its host. The opposite of Ebola. If it were more like Ebola it would be must less likely to spread, if at all.
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Re:SARS-CoV-2 Gamma variant infected 16 fully Pfizer vaccina... by becuzThrowaway on Friday July 23, 2021 @03:51AM (#27928279)
Wait, you think that HIV is still 100% fatal? What year do you think it is? Or maybe you mean untreated HIV?
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