“It is not like we have had covid before.” What does COVID mean?
I was referring to Covid 19 pandemic.
Name me another covid that killed millions of people? (Sars in 2012 was not covid though it is related)
So it’s okay for you to take me literally, but I can’t do the same with you?
Sars in 2012 WAS a coronavirus, though it did not kill millions.
And there may indeed been one before:
“Around the same time as this coronavirus jump from cow to human could have taken place, a human epidemic attributed to influenza was spreading around the world. This 1889-1890 pandemic was characterised by a general feeling of illness and discomfort, fever, and pronounced central nervous system symptoms. Strangely, the observed central nervous system symptoms were more pronounced during this epidemic than in other influenza outbreaks.
More than one million fatalities were linked to this pandemic. A significant increase in case fatality with increasing age was reported; this means that, as early findings on COVID-19 would suggest, the elderly were harder hit. Even though modern-day science investigation has linked this epidemic to an H2N2 influenza virus, absolute evidence linking this flu virus to the epidemic was never obtained. This is primarily due to the lack of preserved tissue samples from that period.”
To set the record straight, there are at least 40 different coronaviruses. The number seven I posted earlier apparently are just those that have jumped to humans.