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I provided source evidence documenting an example of the mechanism and result of what I'm saying. Get back to me when you can provide a source example case of a
by ericb 5y ago
I provided source evidence documenting an example of the mechanism and result of what I'm saying. Get back to me when you can provide a source example case of a virus evolving legs and doing a little dance and then we can consider the probabilities equivalent.
Until then, we both know they're not.
- timr 5y agoYou provided a source showing that a chicken virus escaped selective pressure, in chickens, grown in a lab. Let's not overstate the relevance of your "evidence" to SARS-CoV2 amongst the human population. But as I said, there's nothing terribly surprising about the idea that pathogens mutate to escape selective pressure. It's right out of biology 101. It would be tremendously surprising if those pathogens became more virulent, which is what you're trying to claim.
- ericb 5y ago"So let's be clear: the claim is that the virus can mutate, therefore, any particular outcome is equally likely?" That's where you set up the silly straw man you've been battling. > be tremendously surprising if those pathogens became more virulent [citation needed]