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There are many reports that SARSCoV2 actually mutates quite slowly. https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-mutation-rate.html https://www.livescience.com/coro

• pdxandi 7y ago
  Yeah, my understanding is that SARS-CoV-2 has a proofreader enzyme that error corrects, which ensures fidelity during replication. In other words, it mutates a lot slower than say the flu.
  • acomjean 7y ago
    According to a viroligist (UC Berkley) you are correct. The polymerase it uses to duplicate contains a profreading function. Its a big virus too: A way detailed presentation on the Virus: (I think about 40 minutes in it talks about the duplication). Its kind of an interesting talk: https://hhmi.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=045b42dc-e129-4ac8-98f3-ab9f0156e76d https://hhmi.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id...
• coliveira 7y ago
  It might be the case that the current virus is already very good at its job, new mutations are now able to compete.