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None of that actually contradicts what bulab saud

Well, the subject line I suppose.

COVID-19 appears to be more fatal and have more and worse long term consequences in survivors than influenza. I say "appears to be", because as a novel virus we have no idea what's going to happen going forward. It is possible that most of these particularly bad outcomes are a result of the virus being new. And wave n+1 or in year n+1 will have lesser outcomes as the collective human immune response improves. It's also possible that we are well and truly screwed, with a nasty plague that's just going to rear it's head every winter.

Being in close proximity to a sick person outside certainly can spread a virus. If the virus can survive in an HVAC system for a while, it will be worse inside because you'll keep being exposed to it over and over again as the air recirculates.

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Posted: 08/13/2020 at 4:43PM

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My guess is Covid is basically over -- bulab 08/13/2020 12:40PM

Correct - Only took 100K+ excess deaths that there may be herd immunity -- armyhokie88 08/13/2020 6:38PM

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Thanks bulab - you've been a voice of reason through all this ** -- Technocrat 08/13/2020 5:20PM

It'll spread through the air conditioning -- lchoro 08/13/2020 4:23PM

Legionnaires’ disease? ** -- PhotoHokieNC 08/13/2020 5:15PM

That's what New Zealand thought.... -- UTPr0sim 08/13/2020 4:16PM

New Zealand never had the wave -- they'll get one now -- bulab 08/13/2020 4:24PM

In the past 7 days the US has had 8,793 deaths noted as Covid related -- HokieAl 08/13/2020 2:07PM

None of that actually contradicts what bulab saud -- Beerman 08/13/2020 4:43PM

Not all occured over past 7 days. Legacy deaths being logged. ** -- ColoVT82 08/13/2020 2:44PM

Right but that means that some deaths this week are NOT being counted yet -- SteveInBaltimore 08/13/2020 4:04PM

I'm getting my data from the same people that log the flu deaths. ** -- HokieAl 08/13/2020 3:15PM

What he said- the Washington Post has been conflating the numbers -- WestEndHokie39 08/13/2020 3:05PM

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The flu is not "a form of coronavirus". ** -- vthokieq 08/13/2020 2:14PM

You're right. I'm mixing up past research on that. Thanks ** -- HokieAl 08/13/2020 2:41PM

It's in the biome now...just floating out there with the rest of the bugs. ** -- Major Kong 08/13/2020 1:28PM

Inshallah ** -- typed by ben 08/13/2020 1:09PM

This will play itself out in the next few months.... -- vthokieq 08/13/2020 1:08PM

Smooth, Will... ** -- BobG 08/13/2020 1:57PM

I'm not sure the lockdown had anything to do with the delay in waves -- bulab 08/13/2020 1:30PM

Shutting down early seems to align more with later spikes than weather -- Vienna_Hokie 08/13/2020 2:48PM

I'd say it certainly played a part somewhat. -- vthokieq 08/13/2020 1:39PM

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Agreed- nice summary... ** -- WestEndHokie39 08/13/2020 1:29PM

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None of that actually contradicts what bulab saud

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