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Originally Posted by windsock
I saw an article the other day - I'll try to track it down - that said it was possible to predict mutations, like in the Covid spike protein, and prepare mRNA vaccines in advance to deal with that possible future mutation.
Also, the same mutations have arisen in different countries so the view is that the spike protein can only mutate in certain, limited ways and that it is why they may be predictable.
Unfortunately the way a virus mutates is being impacted by modern medicine.
Traditionally a virus does not want a host to die and it often mutates from a deadly virus to a less deadly version to protect its longevity by keeping hosts alive. Look at the Spanish Flu where combined with building immunity in the population and mutations after a couple of years (about the time Covid has been around) the infections petered out albeit with a huge death rate in those few years.
With Covid we have brought in vaccines relatively early which do not kill the virus but reduces its damage - however as natural processes have been used the virus does not need to mutate to a less viral version as people are not dying like they would have in the past. If modern medicine had not intervene I would suspect that like the Spanish Flu, Covid would be by now starting to reduce naturally to become just another flu through natural herd immunity and less virulent variations - the issue is that many more millions of people around the world would have died.
So I would expect that Covid will remain a highly virulent virus that will have to be held in check by modern medicine rather taking a more natural process to becoming "another flu" over a period of time.
Now not suggesting it should have just been left alone to run its course because the death rate would have been horrific but just highlighting that managing with modern medicine also has consequences such as the virus hanging around much longer than it normally would have by science interrupting the natural selection process.
NSW into statewide lockdown from 5pm for a week.
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Not exactly as you state, you now need to apply for a permit to travel out of Sydney and only one person can attend. Would you suggest that leaving animals to starve is a good idea?Quote:
Originally Posted by bob10
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Tote
Why does it take more than one person to feed the animals Or better still get someone that lives locally to do it for you???Quote:
Originally Posted by Tote
Nobody is saying that the animals have to starve, They just have to be more organized how this is done without jeopardising anyone else.
Why is that people are always looking for loopholes to get around doing the right thing??
You actually couldn't visit a farm to check animals during our WA lockdown earlier this year. Hobby farmers had to ask an onsite neighbour to check their stock. Can't say i agreed with it at the time, but that was the rules...Quote:
Originally Posted by Tote
If you have responsibility for animals, what are you doing in Sydney?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tote
Rules for the State wide lockdown
NSW COVID restrictions: What are the rules across the state? (msn.com)
virus traces in Broken hill sewage , SA stops the cross border bubble,
SA cancels NSW cross-border bubble with Broken Hill after coronavirus detected in sewage (msn.com)