I came across two interesting articles today, about COVID-19.
The first reports on the findings after surveilling ~900 animals across 27 species… that there was no SARS-Cov-2 in any sample.
That’s striking: the virus wasn’t detected in any wild or domestic species!
https://emsenn.net/Personal/Blog/2026-02-23-0938h
#COVID19 is becoming less of a “jack-of-all-trades” and more of a precision tool for penetrating human social density.
These specific mutations find their ideal home in environments defined by high-volume, indoor stasis: poorly ventilated warehouses, open-plan offices, service industry hubs, and mass transit. When a virus evolves for maximum aerosol persistence and rapid-fire reinfection, it is effectively evolving for the just-in-time logistics of modern commerce.
SARS-Cov-2 is developing a specialization for the working conditions of settler-colonialism. Workers in these cultures are often denied the agency to modify their environments. HEPA filters and sick leave would remove the two levers the virus has specialized toward exploiting. While the deer are “locking their doors” via biological evolution, the working class in settler societies is being forced to keep their doors open. The virus isn’t just specializing in Homo sapiens; it’s specializing in the specific vulnerability of people who have been reduced to “human resources” within a system that views viral persistence as a novel administrative tool.
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