On 29.03.2021 at 21:17, TimS scribbled:

> On 29 Mar 2021 at 21:54:26 BST, Aragorn  wrote:
> 
> > On 29.03.2021 at 21:07, Joe scribbled:
> >   
> >>  On Mon, 29 Mar 2021 20:46:04 +0100
> >>  Ahem A Rivet's Shot  wrote:
> >>    
> >>  > On Mon, 29 Mar 2021 20:17:23 +0100
> >>  > Joe  wrote:
> >>  >     
> >>  > > Occam's Razor says that there is a simpler explanation than
> >>  > > 'hygiene'.      
> >>  > 
> >>  >  I'd guess cough etiquette[1] to be a major factor, along
> >>  > with the huge upswing in effective hand cleansing.
> >>  > 
> >>  > [1] Just how long ago was the "coughs and sneezes spread
> >>  > diseases" campaign ?
> >>  >     
> >>  
> >>  So why has flu been practically eliminated, but not Covid, which
> >> is a comparable respiratory disease caused by a virus of similar
> >> size?  
> > 
> > Covid-19 is most definitely NOT a respiratory disease.  If
> > anything, it is actually comparable to AIDS in that it attacks your
> > immune system, hijacks it, and then turns it against you.  
> 
> What's your evidence for this statement?

Scientific research — which is just as available to you as it is to me
— and the fact that I've had Covid-19 twice.  I know perfectly well
what it did to my body.  I'm still having to deal with some of the
consequences right now as we speak, and my last infection was six
months ago.

> > Certain gene sequences of the SARS-CoV-2 virus' RNA are actually
> > also found in the HIV virus. 
> 
> What's so surprising about that? All viruses do similar things so
> certain sequences are bound to be found in many viruses.

There aren't many viruses around that have those particular
HIV-like RNA sequences I'm talking about.



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With respect,
= Aragorn =

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