Why Viruses only Decimate and do not Wipeout Host species.
Although it is enticing to ascribe supernatural underpinnings to a virus' raison d'etre, you really only need to embrace common evolution to explain a virus' continued existence. How the first virus arose I'll leave to those who have devoted their lives to the problem. Nevertheless, like any other DNA/RNA containing "organism," the virus wants to reproduce. It has a niche that explodes with resources every time the virus factories (me, you) exceed a certain population density.
It's beautifully biblical and there's no denying it. If you, as a species, rape the environment and deplete it of resources because you've decided that being a 'fuck' bunny is the way to go, you're going to go extinct. The virus then comes along and culls certain members of your population; thereby restoring the proper balance. The virus itself then assumes its more staid existence and goes into hiding in a host species that allows it to shed progeny at a slower clip.
How does the virus do this, again, seemingly biblically ordained behavior? The virus has severely limited resources to make it 'fit to survive,' so it reproduces at a slow pace in the right 'carrier' individual and when the density is right, it goes hog wild with the creation of millions of progeny. Why doesn't it always reproduce at breakneck speed? Because it might kill the host at a time when the density of the right host (different from the one in which it was 'stewing') was insufficient to allow for fast spreading. How does it know when the density is right? Well, it is continually shedding but unless it meets the right supportive individuals, it will just continue to exist in a slower niche provided by the bat, the monkey, the bird, etc.. There may be two species involved with one being a 'carrier' and the other a high density species.
It is intriguing that the virus has a mechanism in place to prevent it from committing the same crime that a high density species might commit (using up all available resources). The mechanism is a passive one: the virus, in order to reproduce quickly and disseminate easily, is built very delicately and does not survive if the hosts maintain a certain distance between them as they would if their density had gone down.
The Problem with Bill Gates is that he wants to immunize everyone against every disease. In so doing, he is only setting us up for extinction for a virus will continue to mutate just waiting for the right overpopulating species. The virus, quieting mutating in a carrier species has ample evolutionary time on its side to come up with a variety with fast spread and greatly delayed lethality--then, try to come up with a vaccine in time, Mr. Gates. No, the answer is to keep our numbers down so that social distancing is naturally great.
Tidbits heard on the Net. I learned the derivation of influenza. Turns out it comes from the Italian phrase for "cold influence." Yes, the Italians knew of the virus' association with cold climates several centuries back. I also learned that survival of viruses was poor on human skin because of the skin's pH, its salinity, and its bacterial population which consumes viral particles. I also learned that porous surfaces like textiles and paper killed the flu virus by pulling water from it (like a wick, I suppose).
In a previous post, I recommended increasing humidity to better kill Covid-19.
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Dr. Gupta
Dr. Birx
It's beautifully biblical and there's no denying it. If you, as a species, rape the environment and deplete it of resources because you've decided that being a 'fuck' bunny is the way to go, you're going to go extinct. The virus then comes along and culls certain members of your population; thereby restoring the proper balance. The virus itself then assumes its more staid existence and goes into hiding in a host species that allows it to shed progeny at a slower clip.
How does the virus do this, again, seemingly biblically ordained behavior? The virus has severely limited resources to make it 'fit to survive,' so it reproduces at a slow pace in the right 'carrier' individual and when the density is right, it goes hog wild with the creation of millions of progeny. Why doesn't it always reproduce at breakneck speed? Because it might kill the host at a time when the density of the right host (different from the one in which it was 'stewing') was insufficient to allow for fast spreading. How does it know when the density is right? Well, it is continually shedding but unless it meets the right supportive individuals, it will just continue to exist in a slower niche provided by the bat, the monkey, the bird, etc.. There may be two species involved with one being a 'carrier' and the other a high density species.
It is intriguing that the virus has a mechanism in place to prevent it from committing the same crime that a high density species might commit (using up all available resources). The mechanism is a passive one: the virus, in order to reproduce quickly and disseminate easily, is built very delicately and does not survive if the hosts maintain a certain distance between them as they would if their density had gone down.
The Problem with Bill Gates is that he wants to immunize everyone against every disease. In so doing, he is only setting us up for extinction for a virus will continue to mutate just waiting for the right overpopulating species. The virus, quieting mutating in a carrier species has ample evolutionary time on its side to come up with a variety with fast spread and greatly delayed lethality--then, try to come up with a vaccine in time, Mr. Gates. No, the answer is to keep our numbers down so that social distancing is naturally great.
Tidbits heard on the Net. I learned the derivation of influenza. Turns out it comes from the Italian phrase for "cold influence." Yes, the Italians knew of the virus' association with cold climates several centuries back. I also learned that survival of viruses was poor on human skin because of the skin's pH, its salinity, and its bacterial population which consumes viral particles. I also learned that porous surfaces like textiles and paper killed the flu virus by pulling water from it (like a wick, I suppose).
In a previous post, I recommended increasing humidity to better kill Covid-19.
cc:CNN
Dr. Fauci
Dr. Gupta
Dr. Birx
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