Out of the Blue [Feb 05, 2023, 12:35 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
This annual first Sunday of the season with no tackle football is always tough
for an NFL fan. It's a stark reminder of the football-free future that will
follow next week's Super Bowl. Of course the annual Pro Bowl is scheduled for
this afternoon. So yeah, as I say, today is the first Sunday of the season with
no tackle football. Boo hoo.
Obituary: Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's ex-president, dies aged 79.
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VaranDragon wrote on Feb 6, 2023, 15:37:Well, that would depend on how quickly it killed. And when people were able to transmit it. But yes, you are correct -- a high fatality rate reduces the transmission chances.
Actually this is the main reason why these types of viruses don't spread. They kill their hosts way too efficiently and quickly for them to become a pandemic threat. When I say WHO should do their job, I mean they should keep their mouths shut and do their job, hence my reference to them "crying wolf". It feeds the antivaxxer and pandemic denier rhetoric.
“Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.” -- Carl Sagan
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