Now that we have a few vaccines that seem to work do y’all want to hear my really grim theoretical predictions for the pandemic if the worst things happened?
I hadn’t widely shared them because they are awfully negative. Fortunately I think we will most likely be spared at this point. But their possibility made the #flubro crowd especially irritating to me.
we know sars-cov-2 infects many other species (rodents, cats, dogs), though not necessarily to them and back to humans. However they definitely go to minks and back to humans. This means it’s really really tough to get rid of completely. Also more opportunity for mutation.
We don’t think antibody dependent enhancement is a thing with SARS-CoV2 but if it were on a large scale it would mean mass death on the scale of 13th century plague.
Who cares if it infects and kills some rodents? What if it (or a future mutation) infected and killed/sickened herd animals we rely on for food?
Hopefully our existing vaccine tech is adaptable!
I do think we will be hearing about COVID for a long time. Sorry.
👆🏻if someone comes back in 3 years and tags this tweet as hilariously wrong I would be very happy! And I do think next year will be much better, don’t get me wrong.
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