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It's possible it may not get deadlier over the long-term, but it is an RNA virus which means it's quite likely to continuously mutate (RNA is less stable than D
by statquontrarian 6y ago
It's possible it may not get deadlier over the long-term, but it is an RNA virus which means it's quite likely to continuously mutate (RNA is less stable than DNA). There is preliminary evidence of significant spike protein mutations when it went from China to Europe: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.29.069054v1 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.29.069054v1
This may mean that it continues to plague humanity seasonally as do Influenza, Rhinovirus, etc., and it may also make a universal vaccine less likely.