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> Mutations aren't a serious concern. Because when viruses mutate it's the strains that are more infectious and less lethal that win out What if it has the con
by WanderPanda 6y ago
> Mutations aren't a serious concern. Because when viruses mutate it's the strains that are more infectious and less lethal that win out
What if it has the contagiousness of covid but the long term lethality of hiv? The long term lethality would have low evolutionary pressure to be less harsh to its host as the implications only follow after many infectious years.
Is there anything fundamentally prohibiting the emergence of such a virus, or are we just lucky?
- bigbubba 6y ago> What if it has the contagiousness of covid but the long term lethality of hiv? What if we get hit by a comet?
- WanderPanda 6y agoTo me it's not so obvious that the probabilities are that low, thats why I was asking
- Thiez 6y agoVirusses mutate all the time. What if a normal flu virus mutates and kills us all? There is no reason to believe that covid is more likely to become more lethal compared to any other type of virus.