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evillawyer said:
Does it help the polar bear to have a heavy coat or a warm coat? What is selected for is a warm coat. That warm coat also HAPPENS to be heavy. But the heaviness is not what's being selected for. Being weighed down by a heavy coat makes it slower, causes it to expend more energy, etc Similarly, what is being selected for with COVID is transmissibility. Delta produces a 1000 time higher viral load, which makes it more likely to infect those who come in contact with it. But a higher viral load HAPPENS to cause more severe infections, but that's not what is being selected for. Make sense?
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I think evolution skipped over you as we get better analogies from a baboon’s butt.
 
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Berry4Heisman14 said:
Been having cold chills all over my body and a sore throat along with muscle weakness. Haven’t got tested yet I’m breathing fine
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I was breathing fine the entire time I had it. No stuffy or runny nose, and never felt like I was struggling for air in my lungs.
 
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evillawyer said:
Natural evolutionary pressure would favor viruses that are more transmissible with less severe infections. Those that aren't very transmissible get weeded out by the horny bunnies of the virus world, like the delta. The increased severity of the delta may be related to the viral load infected people shed. The viral load is likely what makes it more transmissible. So this is just nature doing its thang.
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Increased severity? The death rate is less than 1/4 its peak and 1/3 the average.

Death rate. You know, the metric that would tell you which is more severe.
 
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allvol123 said:
From my amateur readings on here though, low antibodies dont necessarily mean you arent fully equipped to fight off another covid exposure, rather easily.
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True. I fought it off the first time just fine. My understanding is those that have had it twice and were not vaxxed, had a much milder case the second time. I assume they still had antibodies though, but maybe not.
 
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Berry4Heisman14 said:
Been having cold chills all over my body and a sore throat along with muscle weakness. Haven’t got tested yet I’m breathing fine
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When I had it I was reading a day to day, typical progression of symptoms and what to expect. Get a pulse ox meter from a pharmacy and take your O2 readings often. Typically day 4-5 seems to be when people start to have breathing issues if they’re going to have them. Get tested and get well soon.
 
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utvols88 said:
EL getting roasted is just a normal daily thing at this point.
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No honey, just trying to explain how it is possible that a mutation that makes a virus more contagious can also make it more severe. Although virus generally tends towards mutations that make it less severe, the opposite can also happen if a mutation makes it more contagious.

Viruses can evolve to be more deadly
 
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evillawyer said:
No honey, just trying to explain how it is possible that a mutation that makes a virus more contagious can also make it more severe. Although virus generally tends towards mutations that make it less severe, the opposite can also happen if a mutation makes it more contagious.

Viruses can evolve to be more deadly
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Bless your heart
 
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evillawyer said:
Note the bolded words from my post. Definitely sounds like I'm presenting it as established fact, right?

Natural evolutionary pressure would favor viruses that are more transmissible with less severe infections. Those that aren't very transmissible get weeded out by the horny bunnies of the virus world, like the delta. The increased severity of the delta may be related to the viral load infected people shed. The viral load is likely what makes it more transmissible. So this is just nature doing its thang.
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I am sorry. I forgot I was dealing with a lawyer.

You acted like a giant pompous ass and were shown to be incorrect.

Better?
 
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volfanhill said:
I am sorry. I forgot I was dealing with a lawyer.

You acted like a giant pompous ass and were shown to be incorrect.

Better?
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How was I shown to be incorrect? I'm talking about an established genetic phenomenon (genetic hitchhiking). I'm looking at data and what we know about this and other viruses and I'm coming up with a hypothesis that could explain the observed data. That's what science does. Once you have a theory, then you test it.
 
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