11-04-2020, 03:26 PM
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-denmark-mink/denmark-to-cull-entire-herd-of-mink-due-to-risk-of-coronavirus-mutation-tv2-idUSKBN27K1X6?utm_source=reddit.com
This is why "Low Death Rate" is again not a good reason to disregard it. As these things spread they gain the chance to mutate and it appears it has...to a potentially deadlier strain. That said, Denmark is doing what needs to be done by killing off all their mink. Putting that into perspective, they are killing off 1% of their GDP for the good of the world. Americans though still don't know why they can't go to Thanksgiving dinner since it only killed 240k "mostly older" people.
This is why "Low Death Rate" is again not a good reason to disregard it. As these things spread they gain the chance to mutate and it appears it has...to a potentially deadlier strain. That said, Denmark is doing what needs to be done by killing off all their mink. Putting that into perspective, they are killing off 1% of their GDP for the good of the world. Americans though still don't know why they can't go to Thanksgiving dinner since it only killed 240k "mostly older" people.
