1. #1
    Goat Milk
    Goat Milk's Avatar SBR PRO
    Join Date: 03-24-10
    Posts: 25,838
    Betpoints: 10176

    Is the real purpose of a virus for it to get along with others?

    Is a virus supposed to be like a parasite where it and its host can live together happily? If so, will covid start mutating until it's reached that goal? Scientists check in. Jibby, M.D., PhD, world renowned epidemiologist, check in.

  2. #2
    Eddy Munny
    Eddy Munny's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 08-13-13
    Posts: 14,581
    Betpoints: 24927

    Nomination(s):
    This post was nominated 2 times . To view the nominated thread please click here. People who nominated: DiggityDaggityDo, and KVB

  3. #3
    KVB
    It's not what they bring...
    KVB's Avatar SBR PRO
    Join Date: 05-29-14
    Posts: 74,849
    Betpoints: 7576

    The virus's purpose is to reproduce. Once that's done, the host be damned.

    But if you kill all the hosts, then that won't work.

    And if you kill a host too soon, before it can help you effectively reproduce, then that won't work either.

    The most successful viruses keep the host walking around spreading everywhere. Some are common colds that have been around a very long time.

    A virus is not classified as a parasite, usually, (goes back to that "is a virus alive" debate), but in a sense it is a non living parasite because it does need life to do it's thing.

    COVID doesn't mutate, that's the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2.

    And that can mutate all sorts of ways, including sideways.

    It doesn't always end up a mild cold that eventually just gets passed around.
    Points Awarded:

    Goat Milk gave KVB 1 Betpoint(s) for this post.


  4. #4
    KVB
    It's not what they bring...
    KVB's Avatar SBR PRO
    Join Date: 05-29-14
    Posts: 74,849
    Betpoints: 7576

    One successful mutation seems to be that antibodies for these widely known deadlier corona's (SARS, MERS, etc) are clearly not permanent.

    In fact none of them last more than two years. And this current one shows evidence of lasting a matter of months or less.

    So now the same virus can reinfect a host and continue doin' it's thang.

    Do that without killing everyone and you'll be around forever.
    Points Awarded:

    Goat Milk gave KVB 1 Betpoint(s) for this post.


  5. #5
    Goat Milk
    Goat Milk's Avatar SBR PRO
    Join Date: 03-24-10
    Posts: 25,838
    Betpoints: 10176

    Thank you sir

  6. #6
    Balco10
    Balco10's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 09-11-10
    Posts: 5,478
    Betpoints: 204

    China did this intentionally!

  7. #7
    Eddy Munny
    Eddy Munny's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 08-13-13
    Posts: 14,581
    Betpoints: 24927

    Quote Originally Posted by Balco10 View Post
    China did this intentionally!

  8. #8
    KVB
    It's not what they bring...
    KVB's Avatar SBR PRO
    Join Date: 05-29-14
    Posts: 74,849
    Betpoints: 7576

    Quote Originally Posted by Balco10 View Post
    China did this intentionally!
    If this were true it would be widely publicized. The genome of the virus is being studied world wide and there is no way a lab produced virus, or even one that was genetically altered, wouldn't be detected.

    The genes keep a history of where the virus has been.

    I'm often skeptical of a lot of "facts" out there, and for good reason, but even the "consipiracy theorist" in me can't see this virus being intentional.

    It just doesn't add up.

  9. #9
    KVB
    It's not what they bring...
    KVB's Avatar SBR PRO
    Join Date: 05-29-14
    Posts: 74,849
    Betpoints: 7576

    Quote Originally Posted by Goat Milk View Post
    Thank you sir

  10. #10
    SBR_Guest_Pro
    SBR Intern
    SBR_Guest_Pro's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 02-10-15
    Posts: 3,958
    Betpoints: 2939

    it wants to multiply

  11. #11
    Mike Huntertz
    Mike Huntertz's Avatar SBR PRO
    Join Date: 08-19-09
    Posts: 11,166
    Betpoints: 22592

    There is now some recent studies that the immunity and efficacy of being infected is questionable and short lived.
    Very bad news.

  12. #12
    TATUMUS
    TATUMUS's Avatar SBR PRO
    Join Date: 01-05-09
    Posts: 1,104
    Betpoints: 9863

    As a virus mutates into different strains, the less lethal ones generally become more prominent. This is because (as stated above), the virus requires a living being in order for it to survive and spread. If a more lethal virus kills it's victims before it is able to spread, then it too eventually "dies off". But the less lethal ones infect people without killing them and those people are able to spread it on to other people and so on and so on.

    To say that this virus was not genetically altered does NOT mean that it didn't come from a lab. A naturally occurring virus can be cultivated in a lab for any number of reasons.

  13. #13
    Hot Jerry
    Hot Jerry's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 08-16-13
    Posts: 5,545
    Betpoints: 4638

    yes and mainly with soda machines !! LOL
    Points Awarded:

    KVB gave Hot Jerry 1 Betpoint(s) for this post.

    Nomination(s):
    This post was nominated 1 time . To view the nominated thread please click here. People who nominated: DiggityDaggityDo

  14. #14
    PAULYPOKER
    I slipped Tricky Dick a hit of LSD!
    PAULYPOKER's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 12-06-08
    Posts: 36,585

    Quote Originally Posted by KVB View Post
    The virus's purpose is to reproduce. Once that's done, the host be damned.

    But if you kill all the hosts, then that won't work.

    And if you kill a host too soon, before it can help you effectively reproduce, then that won't work either.

    The most successful viruses keep the host walking around spreading everywhere. Some are common colds that have been around a very long time.

    A virus is not classified as a parasite, usually, (goes back to that "is a virus alive" debate), but in a sense it is a non living parasite because it does need life to do it's thing.

    COVID doesn't mutate, that's the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2.

    And that can mutate all sorts of ways, including sideways.

    It doesn't always end up a mild cold that eventually just gets passed around.
    Whoa,
    When it is explained the way you just explained it.

    Sounds like a fukkin Alien species from somewhere in space!

    Creepy as fukk sendin shivers abroad my body!

    Or is it already onboard?

Top