rotting sea cow Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 On 10/9/2021 at 9:03 AM, Luzifer's right hand said: I had my first test(negative) that was not a self test yesterday. I went to the GP because of a cold(I had tested myself negative multiple times already) and it was part of the diagnosis. My GP said that he has never seen more colds even in the middle of winter. He just said that we should be glad that covid-19 is not spreading like the bug that is the cause of the current cold wave. Delta has already a pretty high R0 (~6 by some estimates), how much higher can it be for these colds? I actually believe that the milder-than-expected Delta wave in continental Europe is due to these colds shutting down the door to SARS-CoV-2. Viral interference seems to be called. See here for example https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/224/1/31/6179975 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luzifer's right hand Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 2 hours ago, rotting sea cow said: Delta has already a pretty high R0 (~6 by some estimates), how much higher can it be for these colds? I actually believe that the milder-than-expected Delta wave in continental Europe is due to these colds shutting down the door to SARS-CoV-2. Viral interference seems to be called. See here for example https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/224/1/31/6179975 That would be good news I guess. Better a cold than covid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 2 hours ago, rotting sea cow said: Delta has already a pretty high R0 (~6 by some estimates), how much higher can it be for these colds? If there is a high vaccination rate for covid maybe we would expect colds to spread more easily than covid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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