Much infectious disease was historically ‘endemic by attrition’. A dynamic equilibrium with the pathogen…

Much infectious disease was historically ‘endemic by attrition’. A dynamic equilibrium with the pathogen through the death and maiming of people, because there weren’t other options. ‘Tragic stability’. Infection by default, not design. Now by design. For Covid. https://t.co/GKvv61qcWG

Another quote from ChatGPT after a long free-ranging discussion through SEIR and endemicity, public health and politics.