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Are lockdowns justified?
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He meant to type “Flat Dissembler”, but he typed “FlatAssember” instead.
Does anybody here understand, why didn't COVID-19 disappear, as Donald Trump predicted? Why do different laws of evolution appear to apply to viruses and to us?
Viruses co-evolve with the hosts, right? And virus equivalent of sexual reproduction is when two viruses infect the same cell, right? So, when a bat coronavirus receives a mutation that enables it to attack humans... it essentially enters an eco-system in which there is no organism of its specie. The coronavirus that lives in humans which is most closely related to COVID-19 is separated from COVID-19 by tens of millions of years, and "mating" with it will not produce viable offspring. So, one would expect COVID-19 to disappear due to inbreeding in a few generations, as the harmful genetic mutations in it accumulate. Where is the error in that reasoning? RE: Are lockdowns justified?
April 27, 2021 at 9:59 am
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RE: Are lockdowns justified?
April 27, 2021 at 10:15 am
(This post was last modified: April 27, 2021 at 10:18 am by FlatAssembler.)
(April 27, 2021 at 9:59 am)Eleven Wrote:(April 27, 2021 at 9:57 am)FlatAssembler Wrote: Does anybody here understand, why didn't COVID-19 disappear, as Donald Trump predicted? I mean disappear naturally, because of inbreeding, as would be clear if you read my post. Why don't viruses that jump from one specie to another soon disappear due to inbreeding? (April 27, 2021 at 10:15 am)FlatAssembler Wrote: I mean disappear naturally, because of inbreeding, as would be clear if you read my post. Why don't viruses that jump from one specie to another soon disappear due to inbreeding? Why don't we turn to cheese when we look at the moon? I find as much relevance with that question as I do with your inquiry. RE: Are lockdowns justified?
April 27, 2021 at 10:32 am
(This post was last modified: April 27, 2021 at 10:33 am by FlatAssembler.
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(April 27, 2021 at 10:25 am)Eleven Wrote:(April 27, 2021 at 10:15 am)FlatAssembler Wrote: I mean disappear naturally, because of inbreeding, as would be clear if you read my post. Why don't viruses that jump from one specie to another soon disappear due to inbreeding? Donald Trump said that COVID-19 will disappear naturally. And, when you think about that, thinking that does not appear so silly. In fact, it seems to me that, if you apply the knowledge of high-school biology, that is what you would expect. So I want to know why it is wrong, exactly. Which logical fallacy are both Donald Trump and I committing when thinking about whether it is to be expected that COVID-19 disappears naturally? (April 27, 2021 at 10:32 am)FlatAssembler Wrote: Donald Trump said that COVID-19 will disappear naturally. And, when you think about that, thinking that does not appear so silly. In fact, it seems to me that, if you apply the knowledge of high-school biology, that is what you would expect. So I want to know why it is wrong, exactly. Which logical fallacy are both Donald Trump and I committing when thinking about whether it is to be expected that COVID-19 disappears naturally? What comes to mind is yours and his ignorance of science. (April 27, 2021 at 10:32 am)FlatAssembler Wrote:(April 27, 2021 at 10:25 am)Eleven Wrote: Why don't we turn to cheese when we look at the moon? I find as much relevance with that question as I do with your inquiry. Did small pox disappear naturally? What would make you think that as long as a virus/germ/bacteria has a host it will just magically disappear?
"So I want to know why it is wrong, exactly" - your definition of naturally.
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