Many get sick every year with viruses and doctors say tough it out. How is there no treatment for it? How is it we always overcome it? Doesn’t it seem possible a super virus will come along kill many?

Question

Many get sick every year with viruses and doctors say tough it out. How is there no treatment for it? How is it we always overcome it? Doesn’t it seem possible a super virus will come along kill many?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Super viruses have historically come around on a fairly regular basis. The bubonic plague, small pox, the Spanish flu were all devastating with the bubonic plague killing an estimated 50% of Europeans and small pox killing an estimated 60% of Native Americans
We are overdue for a super virus based on history and it’s perfectly possible even with our medical advancements