not in a statistically-meaningful way.
Article on wide-ranging study conducted by team of anthropologists, economists and paleopathologists that has concluded that general health of Native Americans had apparently been deteriorating for centuries before Columbus arrived in New World in 1492; photos (M)
www.nytimes.com
From the article:
The researchers, whose work is regarded as the most comprehensive yet, say their findings in no way diminish the dreadful impact Old World diseases had on the people of the New World. But it suggests that the New World was hardly a healthful Eden.
I didn't know that natives were suffering poor health anyway, so cheers for that info, but your article doesn't contradict my point that these viruses are more deadly to people who haven't built some level of immunity through previous exposure.
We know that's what's happening with SARS-COV-2. Previous infections built an immune response. When everyone has had exposure, either through infection or vaccination, the effects will reduce, as we're seeing. Main symptoms used to be temperature, persistent cough, loss of taste/smell. Those are still symptoms but are replaced at the top of the list by sore throat and runny nose.
All that said, it doesn't help the guy who won't get vaccinated to get a new heart. If he refuses to get vaccinated, his first exposure is unlikely to be a common cold.
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