@bell00david@JesslovesMJK I beg to differ. The reduction in viral load appears to result from increase in mucosal immunity. It does not appear to stem from reduction of virulence of the virus.
@mamalovesjbiebs@SolidEvidence The first one discovered is named A. The second one discovered is named B. The third one discovered is named C. The fourth one discovered is named D. There is also a flu D which is Deltainfluenzavirus influenzae but it's not found in humans.
@mamalovesjbiebs@SolidEvidence Flu A is Alphainfluenzavirus influenzae. Flu B is Betainfluenzavirus influenzae. Flu C is Gammainfluenzavirus influenzae. Each genus only has a single species. A is Alpha. B is Beta. C is Gamma.
@mamalovesjbiebs@SolidEvidence There's five species of coronaviruses in humans. Alphacoronavirus chicagoense is the first one discovered in Chicago at the University of Chicago in 1962. Betacoronavirus pandemicum is the newest one discovered in Hong Kong in 2002.
@bell00david@JesslovesMJK It didn't become less virulent. The viral load decreased over time, as evident from wastewater level going back two years.
Source: https://t.co/FAxtGxAstB
@mamalovesjbiebs@SolidEvidence Covid is Betacoronavirus pandemicum. Betacoronavirus pandemicum is 1 of 14 species of Betacoronavirus. Betacoronavirus was discovered in 1967 at the Common Cold Unit in the UK. Although an old school virus, no one heard of Betacoronavirus before year 2020 when pandemic started.
@CarrieAnne001@CovidSolidarit1 That's before the vaccine to avoid confounding factors. If you are scared of it, just think of it as Betacoronavirus pandemicum instead of COVID. Betacoronavirus pandemicum is one of the 14 species of Betacoronavirus. Betacoronavirus was discovered in 1967 in the UK at the CCU.
@flagellan@SolidEvidence Spike is only 1 of 29 proteins of the virus. As long as the other 28 proteins don't change much, it don't escape immunity unless you only got the vaccine which has only spike.