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Extinction ?
Is the human race at significant risk of extinction from this Covid pandemic ?
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Not at all derek. Sleep well and sleep sound. This is just one more little blip in mankind’s long history. We shall enjoy millions of tomorrow’s.
23:24 Tue 02nd Feb 2021
It doesn't "know", woofgang, but any disease that killed too efficiently would die out rapidly, eg because it would kill its victims before spreading to enough new hosts. The reverse is the case for Covid. It's not *that* deadly amongst most of those infected, but that serves to help it spread far and wide.
no
the nature of biological variation is such that there will (almost) always be survivors.
Darwin and God made biological variation that various - erm - so that challenges cd be handled by the centre or outliers
white lab mice dont have this luxury ( this is intended by the way)
and so - - - by the by - it is why after the lab, you then have to test in the population after lab tests just to see if it works OK
these difficulties are mirrored in vaccine research ( will it work etc)
the nature of biological variation is such that there will (almost) always be survivors.
Darwin and God made biological variation that various - erm - so that challenges cd be handled by the centre or outliers
white lab mice dont have this luxury ( this is intended by the way)
and so - - - by the by - it is why after the lab, you then have to test in the population after lab tests just to see if it works OK
these difficulties are mirrored in vaccine research ( will it work etc)
Yes, but not solely by covid, humanity has already destroyed its own environment to an alarming degree. Half of the world's species have been eradicated within just my lifetime, along with a staggering amount of natural resources.
Gaia (see Lovelock) will heal the planet, but mankind is a passing blip.
If your outstretched arm's length is relative to the life of the planet, one stroke of a nail file on your middle finger represents the time of human life on Earth.
Earth's population in 1900 - 2 billion, today, 8 billion; unsustainable!
Gaia (see Lovelock) will heal the planet, but mankind is a passing blip.
If your outstretched arm's length is relative to the life of the planet, one stroke of a nail file on your middle finger represents the time of human life on Earth.
Earth's population in 1900 - 2 billion, today, 8 billion; unsustainable!