Yes, its very likely that way more people already had it. I'm in the crowd that thinks COVID-19 was in the US for months before we started testing. I am very much anticipating antibody testing to prove this theory.
If the R° is that freakin high, everyone’s had it by now! Either that # is so wrong or the virus is so much weaker than anyone thinks.... since we’ve all had it without knowing
Either that # is so wrong or the virus is so much weaker than anyone thinks
Well that's the thing. We already know its not particularly deadly.
We now know that at least 46% of all who get it are asymptomatic, and then another large portion of those who get it only experience minor-moderate cold symptoms. Its the risk groups like the elderly, diabetics, obese, and respiratory disorder patients who have a hard time with COVID-19. The issue at hand is that because its so contagious, those risk groups are at such a high risk of contracting the disease. Its a volume game.
Plus, simple evolutionary biology tells us a virus wants to replicate, so killing its host is not optimal to its survival. And with so many people getting it, well that tells the story. Compare with ebola for a nice compare/contrast of deadliness vs contagiousness.
It was revised up to 5.7 this week.
Actually, it was originally thought to be a 6 just a few weeks ago.
It will take a long time to sort this all out, but suffice to say its a very contagious disease.
Which means most of us have already had it and didn’t even know it.
Yes, its very likely that way more people already had it. I'm in the crowd that thinks COVID-19 was in the US for months before we started testing. I am very much anticipating antibody testing to prove this theory.
If it’s truly that contagious it was here by January easily. Look at all the flights between China and the western US every single day!
If the R° is that freakin high, everyone’s had it by now! Either that # is so wrong or the virus is so much weaker than anyone thinks.... since we’ve all had it without knowing
Well that's the thing. We already know its not particularly deadly.
We now know that at least 46% of all who get it are asymptomatic, and then another large portion of those who get it only experience minor-moderate cold symptoms. Its the risk groups like the elderly, diabetics, obese, and respiratory disorder patients who have a hard time with COVID-19. The issue at hand is that because its so contagious, those risk groups are at such a high risk of contracting the disease. Its a volume game.
Plus, simple evolutionary biology tells us a virus wants to replicate, so killing its host is not optimal to its survival. And with so many people getting it, well that tells the story. Compare with ebola for a nice compare/contrast of deadliness vs contagiousness.
So many Americans are in those categories, too. We have an aging population with a lot of people in risk groups.