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I dunno.
>V. destructor, originally restricted to the Asian continent, has a non-lethal relationship with its natural host,
the eastern honey bee, Apis cerana10. However, due to the transportation and introduction of A. mellifera in Asia,
the mite managed to switch host and has successfully established itself as a harmful parasite in A. mellifera honeybee colonies11. Without a long-term coadaptive evolution, as is shared between the mite and its natural host, A.
mellifera colonies are ill-equiped to cope with this new invasive parasite.
The word origin of "analogy" means "against logic," literally. But I cannot help but think of this analogy as to how Covid-19 to humans and V-mites to mellifera looks identical. Covid-19 is a "novel" virus to humans just as V. mites are a "novel" pathogen to bees. Respectively, both humans and bees have never experienced these two, ever. Hence, a huge swath of devastation on both.
Then again there are those who recovered from Covid-19 *naturally* (forget how long their immunity may last); just as there are honeybees that have figured out how to defeat V. mites on their own, as well. In a sweeping generalization, most of us carry the gene that had once defeated the Black Plague long time ago. I do not claim I have any "answers." What I know is this:
We are survivors.
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