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It is never, ever going away. In fact, the 4 other endemic coronaviruses in the human population with zoonotic origin can be traced via mutational drift to th
by chromatin 5y ago
It is never, ever going away.
In fact, the 4 other endemic coronaviruses in the human population with zoonotic origin can be traced via mutational drift to their leap to humans; the most recent I believe came from cattle in the 1800s.
These other coronaviruses are mostly a problem only for immunocompromised individuals such as transplant recipients.
The real issue IMO is whether SARS-CoV-2 was artificially engineered (ok, even if it weren’t it is more like SARS and MERS) and whether it will remain potently virulent even for healthy individuals who are exposed as children (as we all were to the endemic coronaviruses).