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The evolution dictates that it should become less deadly because dead host mostly means dead virus and live host may mean more live viruses.
by majkinetor 7y ago
The evolution dictates that it should become less deadly because dead host mostly means dead virus and live host may mean more live viruses.
- gremlinsinc 7y agoExcept it's showing to mutate pretty damn fast and some of the mutations are way deadlier, don't know which 'came first' or how that proves one way or the other that it'll get worse or better. The are currently > 30 known mutations: https://nypost.com/2020/04/21/coronavirus-has-mutated-into-at-least-30-different-strains-study/ https://nypost.com/2020/04/21/coronavirus-has-mutated-into-a... But a lot of deadliest viruses kill fast and are less viral, so only way to spread is become less lethal. This virus has the luxury of being both deadly AND extremely viral (because it takes it's time killing people). Even if you don't die, nobody knows the long term effects of the virus on lungs, kidneys, heart, etc... So, while a lot of diseases do mutate to be less severe, that doesn't need to be the case with Sars-cov-2.