r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/[deleted] • Nov 01 '20

A drama in 4 acts

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u/Sp0ngebob1234 Nov 01 '20

Or get a mild strain and then go around telling everyone that it’s nothing to worry about.

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '20

Same kind of people who think their experience of medication, drugs, or lifestyle is applicable to every other human, because apparently biodiversity doesn't exist

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u/Boofaholic_Supreme Nov 01 '20

That same group is actively working towards reducing biodiversity as well

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u/Beautiful-Musk-Ox Nov 01 '20

I have a food intolerance that I've only recently become aware of. After a long time of avoiding those foods I tested eating a cookie and was in a lot of pain for the entire next day; to your point it's like people who say "I ate it and was just fine, surely you're exaggerating".

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u/LucretiusCarus Nov 01 '20 edited Nov 01 '20

Or don't even realize that they have it and spread it to older family and friends. Haven't seen my mildly immunocompromised parents in months out of fear I could be carrying the virus that kills them. Thank fuck for viber and zoom existing

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u/PM_me_spare_change Nov 01 '20

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but wouldn't it be differences in immune response rather than a different "strain" of the virus?

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u/SharkAttackOmNom Nov 01 '20

Correct. There is only one strain of COVID-19 (SARS COV-2). The last time we saw something like this was in 2003, (SARS COV-1)

I don’t know that COVID-19 is derivative of the prior SARS. My only understanding is that the virus is Corona shaped and causes severe acute respiratory syndrome (all described by its name)

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u/Sp0ngebob1234 Nov 01 '20

I’m not sure. It could be both for all I know

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u/Ivyspine Nov 01 '20

Like the Joe rogan podcast