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But the implication appear to be the virus is unlikely to get there, because of low rate of mutation. Which appear to be a very weak counter argument.. To my u
by forcry 5y ago
But the implication appear to be the virus is unlikely to get there, because of low rate of mutation. Which appear to be a very weak counter argument..
To my untrained eye, it also seem that mutations are not a straight road, but an open space, and it is not really possible to put predictions on when a thing, that is jumping around in a chaotic manner, will end up at a certain point, just based on how often it is moving...
- bellyfullofbac 5y agoI'm not trained either, but it seems like worrying that a human with a horse's head might be born anytime soon. And the mention of "proofreading mechanism" seems to suggest the DNA (or something?) rejects many of those chaotic mutations and don't duplicate them.
- forcry 5y ago> worrying that a human with a horse's head might be born anytime soon. But is there any advantage for a human to have a horse's head? I don't think. So it appears to be a very flawed analogy, on multiple levels. Also you should consider that this proof reading mechanism is not a hard blocker for evolution, and it could be easily overridden by mutation that are highly favourable for the organism that posses it. And the ability to evade vaccine immunity is specifically such a mutation, in a population which is immunised with non-sterilising vaccine.