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Re:Supply Chain Shortages Continue Around the World. Get Use... by rakwoelq on Friday September 03, 2021 @08:22AM (#28403195)
It would be much easier to identity an infected individual for quarantine if a virus had a steep fatality rate, the transmission would be much slower too since dead people don't travel.
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Re:Supply Chain Shortages Continue Around the World. Get Use... by AlexandrB on Friday September 03, 2021 @09:02AM (#28403581)
Only if the virus makes its presence known quickly. Something can be fatal, yet take months or years to kill you.

Worst case would be a highly lethal, airborne virus with a long delay between infection and death.

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Re:Supply Chain Shortages Continue Around the World. Get Use... by learc83 on Friday September 03, 2021 @09:28AM (#28403918)
Viruses tend not to work like that because to effectively spread via respiratory droplets and aerosols they require a high viral load in the respiratory system. This generally causes symptoms.

I’m sure it’s not completely impossible, but neither is a massive radiation burst from a nearby supernova.

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