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Has the virus peaked across the world?

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AnxietyDrivingMyLife · 06/03/2021 23:11

The cases seem to be dropping in most countries - even the ones which haven’t got the vaccination program underway. Does this mean the virus has peaked across the world? In that there are enough people in the general population who now have antibodies?
If a virus mutates enough times is there not also a chance for it to become weaker in the long run? I understand it can go the other way however coronavirus seems like a virus which doesn’t necessarily want to kill its host unlike Ebola so is there a possibility this will become a dominant strain on flu going forward?
Lastly it does look like it’s mimicking the seasonal flu..granted we are in lockdown and the opening of school might change that.

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HarveySchlumpfenburger · 07/03/2021 18:24

Seriously if you are reading science articles in the Telegraph and the DM EXPECT to be totally misinformed!

Hell no. Other media around the world were reporting the same thing about cases rising. The DM was largely reporting the same figures - That the figures from 24th & 25th were 5-6% up on the previous week.

I wouldn't touch the DT science reporting with a barge pole. It's just that I was checking dates to make sure whichever article I posted was more recent than the one the OP posted and not an earlier one. I didn't really expect to find that they were the same date. It's not usually that blatant.

TheOneWithTheBigNose · 07/03/2021 21:21

@HSHorror

Uk schools will have more effect than other countries would. Still no masks in primary. No SD in either. Bubbles of 30- ..... Sending in still with runny nose etc
Our school has said not to send in with a runny nose. Hayfever season about to start though.
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