mugwump wrote
Good point about immunity, but could you then say that the Balinese don't possess the sensitivities that would make them readily susceptible to such a virus? If then that is valid perhaps there are also factors in the environment such as high humidity that also partner in with that lack of susceptibility?
In any event how can you deny the fact that given this exposure there hasn't been a resulting epidemic given the social character of the Balinese? These people aren't stoical introverts as a group if you generalize and compare them with other societies.
"Susceptibility" or "lack" of it in Balinese to this particular virus? It all depends on their immune systems, and [B][I]if[/I][/B] they [B][I]already[/I][/B] have immunity (which is basically not possible for the reasons I mentioned earlier).
The main reason why [I]"...there hasn't been a resulting epidemic..." [/I]in Bali[I] [/I][B][I]yet[/I][/B] is, (hopefully)[I], [/I]that it won't.
That depends on what the numbers[I] [/I]really are, who[I] [/I]provides them and from what sources, not to mention the availability, application and accuracy of "tests".[I]
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