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   翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 12:35:32 JST 翠星石

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   • Gabe
   @gabriel The Amish are very good at killing themselves due to their habits of inbreeding and refusal of even voluntary donated blood, but it is correct that there has never been a recorded case of more deadly virus mutation in the Amish as far as I am aware.
   
   Generally viruses mutate into *less* deadly forms, as if you rapidly kill the host (like what Ebola does), there is limited potential for transmission (although if the virus manages to mutate to become much better at transmission, it can become more deadly, but generally what occurs is a mutation that makes it more transmissible but less deadly, but still more people die due to more infections).
   
   
   For most part, those vaccinated against a virus are protected against it and only end up with mild symptoms if they get it.
   
   Based off memory, Pertussis has been really ripping through the unvaccinated in many countries, but the vaccinated are usually fine.
   
   
   I support vaccines as long as they aren't proprietary and are properly tested.
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     Gabe (gabriel@mk.gabe.rocks)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 12:35:33 JST Gabe

     Remember all the times the Amish got us all sick?
     Me neither.
     
     RE: https://med-mastodon.com/users/luckytran/statuses/113478135341604403