I mean, it might not survive the longest if it's more infective, but evolution doesn't work like that, and we're worried about short term impacts. Yeah if it's

I mean, it might not survive the longest if it's more infective, but evolution doesn't work like that, and we're worried about short term impacts. Yeah if it's really bad we'll eventually make it go extinct just like we made smallpox go extinct, but smallpox didn't adapt and survive and become less wild. We are the evolutionary pressure driving it to exinction - the virus right now is plenty happy surviving as the more virulent strain it is. It's survival of the good enough, not survival of the fittest, and a deadly strain is good enough to keep surviving.