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>Especially since SARS-CoV-2 mutates faster than the flu virus. This doesn't jive with what I have heard, that SARS-CoV-2 mutates rather slowly, like other cor
by mikem170 5y ago
>Especially since SARS-CoV-2 mutates faster than the flu virus.
This doesn't jive with what I have heard, that SARS-CoV-2 mutates rather slowly, like other coronaviruses.
And that the flu is completely different, having the ability to recombine parts, which is why we have a different strain every years, aka H1N1, H2N1, H2N2, etc. Every year they have to guess which one will be prevalent, therefore the yearly flu shots.
SARS-CoV-2 has not mutated into a different strain (variants are not strains), and is not expected to. Immune system response for other coronaviruses has been observed to be long lasting (17 years for SARS-CoV-1).