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Originally posted by NoCarrier
People seem to develop an immunity but they aren't sure. The problem is that the virus is mutating like influenza or aids. So what happens when your body gets infected with a mutated and deadlier strain? And a vaccine might be very difficult if not impossible to make. If we are lucky and they do find a vaccine, it's going to take at least 5 years before it's available.
It's not spreading as fast as the flu, but with a 10% mortality rate it is extremely high for a contagious disease.
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You keep talking like someone who knows a hell of a lot, but do you know exactly how they make an antivirulant? Do you know WHY viruses mutate like they do? Can you tell me why the fact that it's a coronavirus is significant? How about the difference between a Viral antigen and a bacterial antigen? I can only name one other person off the top of my head that has actually STUDIED this shit enough to make pronouncements about it, and that's quiet. Myself, I've spent over 10 years of my life studying microbiology/immunology/genetics, etc, so yes, I could sit down and explain it all to you in dizzying detail. But the way you're babbling on about it, it's pretty obvious you HAVEN'T done the reseach, don't know how these diseases actually work, and are spouting off the same stuff you're reading elsewhere.
A 10% mortality rate for a contageous disease high? Not, that's actually somewhere close to average.. It also depend on other factors, such as age of the victim,other illnesses, medications that can repress the immune system, diet of the victim, there are a million factors involved in each individual case. The majority of the people who have died from SARS either a) had other major illnesses either recently, or had some health problems that contributed to immological weaknesses or b) were elderly etc. Have you actually taken a cross-section of the population, then compared that to the mortality statistics of SARS? Probably not. I don't see you doing so anytime soon.
As I said, SARS sucks, dealt with it. I currently now have family in quarantine again in Toronto. My daugher is fine now. Is it worth locking yourself up in your home over? Well no, unless you're actually in an environment with a high risk of infection, such as an airport or a hospital, you really don't have to worry. Hell, what about the hantavirus "epidemic" a few years back. And what about the staff infections and pneumonia people get from hospitals all the time? Bah. I've said my piece. I'll let it lie at that..