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minus-squarenaun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·16 days agoWe won’t. This virus is only transmitted in close contact. None of the the science-based community I follow are worried, so I’m not worried.
minus-squarerekabis@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 days agoSome variants like the Andes strain are developing the ability to be human-transmissible. It has been recorded jumping from one human host to the next in prior outbreaks. Once it evolves to be trivially-transmissible, all bets are off.
minus-squarenaun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 days agoMy comment addressed the Andes strain. Although it is human transmissable, it requires close contact. That’s why it’s currently not much of a concern.
minus-squareTinidril@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 days agoAlso, at the societal level, the high lethality of the virus makes it far less likely to be able to spread broadly.
minus-squarerekabis@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 days ago“Prior transmissions of the strain did not have ‘close contact’.” https://youtu.be/rO4Xd5PfIo0 Featuring Prof. Joseph Allen, Professor of Exposure Assessment Science at Harvard University. I’m more inclined to listen to experts in their field.
We won’t. This virus is only transmitted in close contact. None of the the science-based community I follow are worried, so I’m not worried.
Some variants like the Andes strain are developing the ability to be human-transmissible. It has been recorded jumping from one human host to the next in prior outbreaks. Once it evolves to be trivially-transmissible, all bets are off.
My comment addressed the Andes strain. Although it is human transmissable, it requires close contact. That’s why it’s currently not much of a concern.
Also, at the societal level, the high lethality of the virus makes it far less likely to be able to spread broadly.
“Prior transmissions of the strain did not have ‘close contact’.”
https://youtu.be/rO4Xd5PfIo0
Featuring Prof. Joseph Allen, Professor of Exposure Assessment Science at Harvard University.
I’m more inclined to listen to experts in their field.