On 1/5/21 9:54 am, [email protected] wrote: > ... [Successful antivirals] could revolutionise medicine.
Not only medicine. The sci-fi world has presumably 'modelled' a world in which far more people survive much longer. Population-counts explode? Population-densities explode? Pressure on raw materials is exacerbated, esp. fresh, clean water? Nation-level tensions and violence explode, spiked by the need for space and raw materials? Society-level tensions and violence explode, spiked by the inability to achieve social distance / other people 'in your face' all the time? Individual-level boredom and existential indifference spiral upwards? Primary causes of death become inter-personal and self-violence? Later: The collapse of human immune defensive systems results in a new virus wiping out much of the human race before the virus-specific cure arrives? I won't be around long enough to find out whether the impacts of such cures are worse than the diseases they overcome ... __________________ > The HIV cure attempt is real. They have been working on this for awhile. > One method that seems to work is a DNA change (through a bone marrow > transplant I think?) based on people who don't get HIV despite exposure. > It worked. They guy who was transplanted to died of something completely > different. His HIV had disappeared. > > So the science here is a parallel attempt of a different type. If they > can get this to work on a respiratory virus (SARS type), it's possible > they could also find a cure for the common cold, which is a holy grail > of pharmaceuticals. Antivirals are developing. There's no reason they > can't be developed for this. > > It may be a way off, but every develop goes through the steps. I hope it > works. It could revolutionise medicine. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > "Roger Clarke" <[email protected]> > > To: > <[email protected]> > Cc: > > Sent: > Sat, 1 May 2021 09:29:52 +1000 > Subject: > Re: [LINK] Covid 'Cures' cf. Spread-Dampening > > > On 30/4/21 4:29 pm, Stephen Loosley wrote: > > Revealed: How a single pill home-cure for Covid could be available > this year ... > > Aside: I worry about any source that uses the word 'cure'. > > > On a related matter, the US and UK appear to be working on the > assumption that, once some level of the poulation has been vaccinated, > herd immunity is being approached and restrictions can be eased. > > But the vaccines were designed to be protective of the vaccinated > individual against the virus. > > The extent to which the vaccines reduce the capacity of vaccinated > people from spreading the virus appears to be unclear from the science, > and hence dependent on empirical evidence from social experiments. > > Has anyone seen any serious attempts to assess the effectiveness of the > vaccines in reducing infections? > > (As distinct from effectiveness in reducing the impact of the virus on > infected individuals - which I gather does seem to be the case with most > of the various vaccines). > > > -- > Roger Clarke mailto:[email protected] > T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com > > Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St, Chapman ACT 2611 AUSTRALIA > > Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Law University of N.S.W. > Visiting Professor in Computer Science Australian National University > _______________________________________________ > Link mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link > -- Roger Clarke mailto:[email protected] T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St, Chapman ACT 2611 AUSTRALIA Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Law University of N.S.W. Visiting Professor in Computer Science Australian National University _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
