On 03/05/2020 20:10:06, Rod Speed wrote:


"Scott" wrote in message
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On Sat, 2 May 2020 23:10:05 +0100, Fredxx wrote:

On 02/05/2020 21:25:06, Rod Speed wrote:
Tricky Dicky wrote

There has been no talk of herd immunity from the
governments scientific advisors since the beginning
of lockdown

Yes.

which in my opinion is a tacit acknowledgement that it will not work.

Nope, that a lockdown works much better with far fewer corpses.

Are you trying to say that the probability once you're
infected with Covid is better as time goes on?

Nope, that a lockdown produces far fewer corpses than herd immunity.

Does the virus weaken over time?

That isnt known yet. SARS did, but the spanish flu got worse over time.

Do you mean the virus mutated into a lesser form, or that the inferction
rate was sufficiently low not to propagate?


There is a theory that the virus does weaken
with time as a result of mutation.

Spanish flu didn't.

With a high final death toll.

It goes like this: the virus needs a host in which to live.
The most virulent strains of the virus will kill the host and thus
themselves while the less virulent strains will be able to survive -
and spread - more easily.Â* Over time the less virulent strains will
dominate.

Didn't work like that with the spanish flu and it was much more
virulent than this one, it could quite literally kill in hours.

There is no evidence to say it is more virulent. If you have any
evidence please provide a link.