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Ekern55
I am absolutely correct. You’re talking solely about contagion.
If I walk into a room of a hundred people and 80 of them have a cold, I’ll probably come down with the germ because of the high chances of contagion. But the germ I get is the cold.
If I walk into a different room of 100 people and 10 have the mumps, then my chances of contracting that germ are much lower, but if I do come down with the less exposed germ, I have the mumps, not a cold.
Now—full disclosure—I had the mumps when I was a kid, so I actually would be immune. But having had the mumps and several times having had a cold, I’ll take catching a cold every time over getting the mumps.
It’s a common sense point. We all agree that some viruses are more virulent than others, correct? If you disagree, then I’d like to know how I was so much more miserable when I got the mumps as compared to when I’ve had colds.
I am honestly not sure how any of that's related to what I said.
You can die of covid-19 (and btw dying of it is awful) and because it is so transmissable it puts more more at risk for fatality because 1% of 100 M is a bigger number than 1% of 1 M. And if it spreads widely enough, which it can (it is that transmissable), it strains medical facilities to the breaking point, which has already happened in the world (Italy).That's basically what I said. Do you agree with it or not. Yes or no.
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Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 04/17/2020 08:29PM by zn.
