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Can Covid-19 wipe out the human race?

Asked by RedDeerGuy1 (24887points) July 25th, 2020

If not taken seriously. No masks or social distancing. Are you afraid?

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Tropical_Willie's avatar

NO !

Most people will survive from this but 5% to 9% will be dead.

stanleybmanly's avatar

No, but there are deadlier plagues ahead. Depend on it.

Demosthenes's avatar

No. COVID-19 just isn’t deadly enough for that, even if the entire population of the world contracted it. I do think @stanleybmanly is right that there will be more and deadlier diseases to come in the future the higher the population of the earth climbs and the more we disturb wild lands and live in close contact with animals and each other. Regular outbreaks of disease were a normal part of human existence until fairly recently. Modern vaccines and sanitation have given us a 100-year “lull” but there will be new diseases to contend with in the future.

johnpowell's avatar

We pretty much know how to deal with Covid. It is just the shithole countries struggling with it.

LuckyGuy's avatar

@johnpowell I saw what you did there. ;-)

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kritiper's avatar

Possible. If it evolved (and continued to evolve) into (a) deadlier form(s), yes. Since getting it once doesn’t give one immunity, yes. Imagine that you (and everyone else on the planet) got the virus 4 times per year, every year.

janbb's avatar

@kritiper I was just reading that the science has not settled yet on whether you can get it more than once. There is not enough data.

mazingerz88's avatar

No. Deplorable American voters voting for assholes like trump will do that. Imagine all countries in the world with leaders like trump. That will be the end.

The human race has enough brain and financial resources to deal with deadly diseases. It can get its act together provided the people put decent humans in positions of power.

In America today it seems there is no cure for political stupidity.

Inspired_2write's avatar

Not on its own , but it could weaken the immune system to allow more virus infections with worse effects?

kritiper's avatar

@janbb There was a news report just this week of a guy who has it for the second time.

ANef_is_Enuf's avatar

One can only hope.~

LuckyGuy's avatar

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ucme's avatar

Hahahahahahahaha!
No!

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