The virus that causes the common cold can effectively boot the Covid virus out
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Re: The virus that causes the common cold can effectively boot the Covid virus out
#142Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm not a lawyer but am I guilty because I want my human rights and my freedom of choice? Should I blame you or any other person of spreading STDs for example? Or any other disease without intent or knowledge? I welcome any legal advice because I have no INTENTION of HARMING anyone.
> I have no INTENTION of HARMING anyone. I feel the same way when I'm doing 150mph down the highway. And yet...
If you kill somebody you will be charged for involuntary manslaughter or constructive manslaughter depending on what speed limit was but if I sit next to you unvaccinated in a waiting room should I be charged as well?
Re: The virus that causes the common cold can effectively boot the Covid virus out
#143Earlier quoted context omitted.
No it's not possible. The thing that makes Sars-Cov-2 unique is its binding site in the human body. Sars-Cov-2 binds to the ACE2 receptor, which is found in just about every organ in your body. Unlike many other viruses which target receptors more localized to e.g. your throat/airway, Sars-Cov-2 can infect cells in your nasal cavity, stomach, lungs, heart, olfactory neurons, you name it. And every cell it infects wil…
I'm not sure I've seen the difference described so clearly and succinctly! How would you describe the seasonal flu in this same regard to receptors?
Seasonal flu is multiple different strains that can exchange genetic material, as contrasted with COVID that doesn't have different strains but small mutations
Re: The virus that causes the common cold can effectively boot the Covid virus out
#144All human coronavirus diseases, including COVID-19, are colds. Always have been. This one from 1890 might have been caused by OC43: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1889–1890_pandemic
I think this misunderstands what a "cold" is. Merely being a respiratory infection doesn't make something a cold. We call something a cold when it's 1) a mild upper respiratory infection that 2) is viral, but 3) is not specifically attributable.
There are colds caused by influenza viruses, but because "the common cold is defined on the basis of its clinical presentation, a mild influenza infection can accurately be diagnosed as a cold, meaning that the two infections are not completely distinct disease entities."[0] Once someone with a cold tests positive for the flu, though, we would generally correct the description to a mild case of the flu and no longer say they have a cold.
[0] https://www.hmsreview.org/issue/2015/1/the-most-common-illne...
Re: The virus that causes the common cold can effectively boot the Covid virus out
#145Earlier quoted context omitted.
"I believe the vaccine works and I'll die for your right not to take it" is one hell of a take, and I'm just happy there really aren't that many of you out there. You may want to remove the link in your profile where you express skepticism that we'll hit millions of deaths worldwide, as it's going to make people question your already questionable viewpoints even more.
That's my stance. I'll get vaccinated, I'd recommend it to others, but wouldn't want to live in a society where it was mandatory.
there are a lot of things that are mandatory in this country, some of which I think should not be, and some of which I think should be
I think vaccines are a good one to be mandatory
Re: The virus that causes the common cold can effectively boot the Covid virus out
#146Re: The virus that causes the common cold can effectively boot the Covid virus out
#147Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I have no INTENTION of HARMING anyone. I feel the same way when I'm doing 150mph down the highway. And yet...
If you kill somebody you will be charged for involuntary manslaughter or constructive manslaughter depending on what speed limit was but if I sit next to you unvaccinated in a waiting room should I be charged as well?
I mean if you're against vaccines, the best public health measure since soap, perhaps you're the weakest link we're begging natural selection to act on. Hope you don't use glasses, take antibiotics, receive surgery, or benefit otherwise from the million and one things humans have invented so as to not deal with random selection dependent on changing external stimuli
Re: The virus that causes the common cold can effectively boot the Covid virus out
#148Earlier quoted context omitted.
"I believe the vaccine works and I'll die for your right not to take it" is one hell of a take, and I'm just happy there really aren't that many of you out there. You may want to remove the link in your profile where you express skepticism that we'll hit millions of deaths worldwide, as it's going to make people question your already questionable viewpoints even more.
A wild bully appears! > skepticism that we’ll hit millions of deaths worldwide Here’s the exact quote from the blog, in case any bystanders suspect that this person might not be arguing in good faith : “Personally I don’t think that millions of healthy people will ever drop dead from one of these diseases in the space of a year, like they once did from a flu in 1918.” > I’m just happy there really aren’t that many of…
Question- since there are plenty of vaccines that are already mandatory for various things in the US, shouldn't you already be dying for your rights?
Re: The virus that causes the common cold can effectively boot the Covid virus out
#149Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is a pretty interesting hypothesis. Maybe there’s nothing really special about SARS type coronaviruses besides their novelty. Is it possible that all coronaviruses, including the ones that cause a common cold, have a similar morbidity profile to COVID? Very minor infection in the young or those with previous exposure, extremely deadly in the old and naive. Except we all catch a bunch of colds in childhood, so no…
No it's not possible. The thing that makes Sars-Cov-2 unique is its binding site in the human body. Sars-Cov-2 binds to the ACE2 receptor, which is found in just about every organ in your body. Unlike many other viruses which target receptors more localized to e.g. your throat/airway, Sars-Cov-2 can infect cells in your nasal cavity, stomach, lungs, heart, olfactory neurons, you name it. And every cell it infects wil…
I'm not sure that damage to various organs around the body beyond respiratory system is that a unique of a property - see myocarditis and the like related to influenza infection, which is a significant cause of mortality.
Re: The virus that causes the common cold can effectively boot the Covid virus out
#150Earlier quoted context omitted.
and now we’re evolved enough to have brains capable of giving us a competitive advantage against diseases! unless you think that brains somehow aren’t part of our biological machine.
How about IVF and that it becomes almost a necessity for all their children. Or the increased necessity of glasses at a young age. It's not the beneficiaries particular brain that gave the competitive edge ;)
This is only an issue if everyone wants or needs kids. Glasses are similarly not a big deal. I feel like you could have used better examples to argue in favor of eugenics but at the end of the day it's still eugenics? People should have access to any and all medical advancements, better to address the problem than ignore it with selective breeding