I was just thinking the same thing. However, the “depletion of the susceptibles” is happening at a faster rate than the creation of susceptibles, resulting in a net attrition.
I was just thinking the same thing. However, the “depletion of the susceptibles” is happening at a faster rate than the creation of susceptibles, resulting in a net attrition.
A “natural” approach to disease management has been pushed by those wanting a self-regulatory small-government and non-interventionist approach following the law of the survival of the fittest, interference with which is considered a perversion. x.com/ToshiAkima/sta…
A “natural” approach to disease management has been pushed by those wanting a self-regulatory small-government and non-interventionist approach following the law of the survival of the fittest, interference with which is considered a perversion. x.com/ToshiAkima/sta…
@ToshiAkima It is one of those things that we know must be happening, but the relative size of the effect remains unknown. But I don't think letting a pandemic kill the maximum number of people possible (but a bit more slowly) is a very good public health strategy.
@ToshiAkima I think a lot can be explained by timing of these new variants. The XBBs didn’t really cause any significant surges after June. And then JN.1 came along around mid November and infection numbers suddenly took off. 2022 had successive Ba.1, Ba.2, Ba.5 and Bq waves.
@ToshiAkima Don't ask the economists, who have never heard of covid. 🙄 x.com/ghost_colleagu…
@ToshiAkima Don't ask the economists, who have never heard of covid. 🙄 x.com/ghost_colleagu…
@ToshiAkima But perhaps for Covid to rack up it's successes, depletion of susceptibles is only one avenue of measure. Covid only needs to be strong enough to reinfect. Like exposure to X-rays or snake venom, infections are culmulative & so we have Long Covid & open-ended damage to organs+?
@ToshiAkima Depends who you consider "the susceptibles" to be, b/c the creation of disabled & chronically ill people is happening at a much faster rate than the "depletion" of disabled & chronically ill ppl, resulting in a net increase. Discussions restricted to death miss the big picture.
@ToshiAkima I surmise that excess deaths are obscuring the susceptible counts.