Originally Posted by RagnarokCzD
Have you heard about Spanish Flu for example?
People didnt get immune, virus mutated to "less fatal" version of itself ... basicaly we got lucky. :-/

Ah yes, there is a theory that viruses don't actually want to kill us because it prevents propagation. That over time they reach an equilibrium* - where they learn to function and reproduce without being fatal to the host, OR to only enter stage 2 (full replication and lysing of infected cells) at some (possibly arbitrary) signal from the host that it is about to die anyway and so it makes a final attempt to infect new hosts.

Viruses and fungi are fascinating little buggers.

*It is not my intention to ascribe any sort of intention to this behavior. I am anthropomorphizing a virus, which is not accurate. They method by which they replicate and survive would favor NOT killing the host.

Last edited by Blackheifer; 06/02/23 05:28 PM.
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