Has the end game already begun?

[Roserain]

Do you think the big rona is just the beginning to the end of human population considering the number of deaths and the mutating species still feeding on us?

[NamerOfStars]

If you have the flu when you get shot in the head, did you die of the flu? No. Covid is no different, despite what the panic peddlers will tell you. Even WITH the ludicrous inflation that association brings, Covid would only have a 1.8% IFR. Meaning even if everyone got infected at once, we'd lose less than 2% of the population. Humanity made its way through the black death. It weathered multiple waves of smallpox over CENTURIES. The idea that Covid could possibly threaten the survival of species is beyond laughable.

"But there are mutations!" Yes. And if they succeed in displacing the original strain, they will have two characteristics: they will be 1. more infectious, and 2. less lethal. LESS. Viruses don't "want" to kill their hosts; then the virus dies too. Ebola is notably more contagious than Covid; we've never seen an epidemic of it like this simply because it kills too many infectees, and too fast. Covid is functionally unstoppable and essentially harmless. Yes, people will die with it. Some will even die FROM it. Yes, the fact that these people are the old and sickly doesn't change the fact that it sucks. But we, not only as a species but as most individuals, will be perfectly fine.

Someday you'll be laughing as you explain to your grandkids why people in "old pictures" are all wearing those stupid masks that "back in 2020, people thought the world was ending".

[Roserain]

Mm. why are the new varients such as delta plus a big deal? They spread fast, yes. They hv stronger odds of infecting and causing issues in the system. Is it really right to say that they become less lethal as they mutate?

[NamerOfStars]

Yes. It's not a definite thing; there HAVE been more lethal mutations in the history of virology. But it's vanishingly rare; a disease that burns itself out burns itself out. It's basic natural selection: you don't become the dominant form of life unless you're better adapted, and "better adapted" in this case means "less likely to kill your host organism". The Indian variant is no exception.

[Roserain]

Cool. Thankyou^^

[DesiringSupport]

I doubt it will be the end of the human population
Humanity has suffered through far worse
None the less, its clear they are struggling to deal with it...
but much of that might be influenced by corporate greed.. than anything else.

Would you be comfortable answering some of the questions I have posted? :)

[Static_In_The_Attic]

As for the Big Rona I don’t thing it will be our End Game however it’s a Wake Up Call or a Warning telling us not to play with matches around a gas tank. On the other hand I think our end game will happen in a flash & we wouldn’t even know it.

[chriscdi]

Eehh ill be alright

[Anonymous]

It's possible