https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variants_of_SARS-CoV-2#Overview https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variants_of_SARS-CoV-2#Overvie... > My understanding is variants of

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variants_of_SARS-CoV-2#Overview https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variants_of_SARS-CoV-2#Overvie... > My understanding is variants of highly dangerous viruses rarely keep the high level of risk as the progenitors. Even if that's a general trend that doesn't mean it's a rule. And the rationale "a dead host isn't as useful at spreading the virus" doesn't really apply to covid since only a small percentage gets hospitalized or dies, most infectees remain fit enough to spread it further.