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If humans would avoid each other for at least a year

blue900

Do you believe the coronavirus would disappear?

Reply 1

UKRedPill

Health will be incredible. All those other old diseases will just evaporate, especially with a mask on.

Reply 2

Desideri

Well I suppose if every person was locked entirely in their own little cube and never allowed see anyone at all, the coronavirus would die out.

However humans would also die out as there would be no farm workers getting food, no supermarkets or deliveries, no hospitals, etc.

Reply 3

Foxehh

Perhaps. But that is beyond unrealistic :lol:

Reply 4

Lazarev23

Original post by UKRedPill

Health will be incredible. All those other old diseases will just evaporate, especially with a mask on.

In theory yes but we’d also be less exposed to bacteria and viruses and our bodies would not produce the necessarily white blood cells if we were to be infected. Just look at Amazonian and other isolated groups - last time I looked they have the highest death rate regarding COVID-19

Reply 5

JustGameIn

Diseases such as coronavirus are carried by animals, so diseases will just spread again if for example somebody eats a bat. The main way to get rid of the virus to prevent humans from spreading it to one another by having a population immune to the virus either through herd immunity or mass vaccination.

Reply 6

Xarao

You are clearly very intelligent!

Reply 7

Nefarious

Original post by JustGameIn

Except coronaviruses are specifically evolved to avoid inducing any effective long term immunity in their hosts. There is no evidence that lasting immunity is achievable, as such the "herd immunity" idea is complete bunk. There are many strains of the coronavirus that cause the common cold, having one of them only gives you a temporary immune resistance to it. If you encounter that strain in later years you will still be susceptable. Early evidence from studies of those who have recovered from covid-19 indicate that this remains true for this coronavirus too; those who recover have a weak immune resistance which fades over time.

Similarly with vaccination, the new vaccines in development are relying on novel approaches to achieving immunity in those innoculated. Although inital signs are promising, there is no guarentee that an effective and safe vaccine will be ready for widespread distribution any time soon. What's more even once it is developed there is not going to be enough supply for everyone, nor is there evidence of the political will and international solidarity required to ensure that vunerable populations outside of the richest countries in the world will get it in good time. Countries like the US are already manouvering to ensure their whole popluation is vaccinated ASAP to the detriment of both other nations and the wider objective of actually ending this virus as a threat; poorer countries will remain resevoirs for the virus to continue to spread and adapt and kill.

Getting through this pandemic is not a simple case of letting it run its course and "taking it on the chin!" This is a long struggle and there isn't a magic solution that lets us go back to business as usual consequence free.