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To: TobagoJack who wrote (173608)6/25/2021 7:25:07 AM
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"The theory that each generation of the virus shall become weaker may still be valid"

For what it is worth that is the standard pattern...in nature always changing, always adapting, nothing stays the same. Either Covid worsens and/or humans fail to adapt and we must fight tooth and nail to survive (unlikely but possible) OR we both adapt until we exist together in balance (most likely).

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Why the 1918 Flu Pandemic Never Really Ended

Since the whole world had been exposed to the virus, and had therefore developed natural immunity against it, the 1918 strain began to mutate and evolve in a process called “antigenic drift.” Slightly altered versions of the 1918 flu reemerged in the winters of 1919-1920 and 1920-1921, but they were far less deadly and nearly indistinguishable from the seasonal flu.

“The 1918 flu definitely lost its real virulence by the early 1920s,” says Taubenberger.

But what’s truly incredible, according to genetic analyses, is that the same novel strain of flu first introduced in 1918 appears to be the direct ancestor of every seasonal and pandemic flu we’ve had over the past century.

“You can still find the genetic traces of the 1918 virus in the seasonal flus that circulate today,” says Taubenberger. “Every single human infection with influenza A in the past 102 years is derived from that one introduction of the 1918 flu.”

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