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It’s just evolution - we put social distancing and masks in place, so variants that can overcome those emerged and spread. Think of it like antibiotic resistan
by jonplackett 6y ago
It’s just evolution - we put social distancing and masks in place, so variants that can overcome those emerged and spread.
Think of it like antibiotic resistance - our crappy attempt at lockdown was like not finishing the course. We gave it loads of places to multiply but didn’t finish it off so it just adapted
- FuckButtons 6y agoThe mutations don’t arise because of selection pressure against masks and social distancing, that is dangerously wrong. They arise in an individual patient who has a poor immune response who can’t clear the virus for a long time. As their immune response tries to clear the virus it adapts to be more effective over many generations inside that patient. That’s why we have distinct lineages, each of these variants with multiple distinct mutations probably arose in a single person.