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Lotta wishful thinking here. I hope it's true, but until there's actual evidence of it we can't act as if it is.

• jgalt212 6y ago
  It's not totally crazy, and the limited data on human coronaviruses has shown there is a tendency for them to mutate into less potent forms. https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-can-other-coronaviruses-tell-us-about-sars-cov-2-20200429/ https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-can-other-coronaviruses-...
  • tcbawo 6y ago
    It's already been demonstrated that the Covid-19 has mutated into becoming more easily transmissible. Perhaps there may be some scientific basis or physiological connection between being more transmissible and being less potent? Perhaps a stronger initial shock fires up the immune system to create a stronger herd immunity. This seems to have happened before, but may not happen with Covid-19. It would be wishful thinking to rely on it for setting policy. EDIT: This was making the rounds a week or so ago https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/science/coronavirus-mutation-genetics-spike.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/science/coronavirus-mutat...
    • gus_massa 6y ago
      > It's already been demonstrated that the Covid-19 has mutated into becoming more easily transmissible. Do you have a link for that? I remember some speculation about this, but they did't have a solid case.