Sunday, June 21, 2020

How will the coronavirus outbreak end?

https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-outbreak-end.html

Fact: The pandemic will not end. Not until the virus doesn’t have enough susceptible people to infect.

There are those who accept this basic scientific fact.

“Pandemics end when the virus doesn't have enough susceptible people to infect.

“The catastrophic 1918 Spanish flu pandemic is thought to have infected 500 million people worldwide, many of them soldiers living in close quarters fighting in World War I. Once the war ended and people dispersed, the spread slowed ...”

“But the flu was ultimately halted in part because those who survived it had immunity and the virus didn't hop as easily as it did at the beginning. “

“What happens typically is that enough people get the bug that there just aren't enough susceptible people to keep the chain going."

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