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- The virus is not designed - All viruses evolve to avoid immune responses - The default assumption until we get new evidence should be that COVID-19 behaves
by bpodgursky 6y ago
- The virus is not designed
- All viruses evolve to avoid immune responses
- The default assumption until we get new evidence should be that COVID-19 behaves like a Coronavirus, where immunity is relatively long-lasting
- chiefalchemist 6y agoPardon the nit-pick but it's more accurate to say: Virus' variants that avoid immune responses persist. That is, effectively, to evolve is reactive, not proactive.