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For the virus to be spreadable it has to create symptoms. With Covid for example you would have to make a virus that can compete and attach better to the ACE2
by neximo64 5y ago
For the virus to be spreadable it has to create symptoms.
With Covid for example you would have to make a virus that can compete and attach better to the ACE2 receptor. If it is better at attaching its more bio-competitive against normal use and more likely to make you sick. The key thing with covid is to prevent a cytokine storm, but the 'ideal' virus would still make you quite sick and some would die in the process.
Maybe viruses for bacteria. But viruses to compete against other viruses and win is a recipe for disaster.
- carlosbaraza 5y agoIs that completely certain? In the case of COVID-19, you can infect people before developing COVID-19 symptoms. Anecdotally, I believe that I contracted COVID-19 and infected some friends before I was even aware of the infection building up inside my body. You would only get symptoms when the body starts responding to the infection. Now the question is: Can a virus exist that allows infection by close contact (e.g. talking to someone) but doesn't have severe symptoms? That is certainly the way I experienced COVID-19, but it is not a universal truth for the disease.