@DerrickByford @JCS19v @A1an_M Re: "Each variant as the virus mutated became less deadly" You made that up. The delta variant has worse severity for infected people, yet IFR decreased with vaccination even as delta spread, displacing alpha and wild type.
@A1an_M @KoudijsHenk Re: "Mutation of the virus to a less deadly form reduced the IFR." Except the delta variant has worse severity for infected people, yet IFR decreased with vaccination even as delta spread, displacing alpha and wild type. https://t.co
@JoshuaG19367959 @DeepbreathsH @joshg99 @akheriaty @K_Sheldrick @TexasLindsay @dr_cottrell If prior infection provided some protection against re-infection + some "No Covid" folks were initially infected on longer follow-up, then they may be more likely to
@TnAlistair @ArthurMclean13 @profnfenton @DrSusanOliver1 It's also ridiculous to still be pretending wild type SARS-CoV-2 was the most dangerous when we know that alpha, delta, etc. variants existed. COVID-19 minimizers + vaccine contrarians are tedious.