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Best case scenario: A virus that causes only mild symptoms, spreads quickly, and causes immunity against the original (more harmful) variants. Just lift measur

• crate_barre 5y ago
  COVID has been weaponized politically. Any politician that doesn’t take part in counter-measure theatrics risks losing an election where they will be attacked for not doing enough.
• bhouser 5y ago
  This would be incredible
  • tgsovlerkhgsel 5y ago
    Unfortunately, right now, it seems unlikely :( There are already reports of (vaccinated) young people getting seriously ill. Unlike with other viruses, there is little selective pressure towards being less deadly, because illness/death mostly happen after transmission. And while I'm not a virologist, it doesn't seem far-fetched that "breeds higher viral loads more quickly" would be correlated not only with transmissivity, but also with "kills more".