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Mutation is a random process. It is neither god nor bad and does not have a purpose or direction. Natural selection, -should- do those things, but we can't cou
by pvaldes 5y ago
Mutation is a random process. It is neither god nor bad and does not have a purpose or direction.
Natural selection, -should- do those things, but we can't count on it, because we are humans, and natural selection in us works in a different way. We basically have stopped it as part of our own evolution. Nobody needs to run faster, develop claws or climb better than predators anymore
The biggest problem with Covid is that it spreads -before- people have symptoms. Flu spreads when and after, but not before. An Omicron "improved" to kill people in a few days would still travel perfectly.
- mlindner 5y ago> The biggest problem with Covid is that it spreads -before- people have symptoms. Flu spreads when and after, but not before. An Omicron "improved" to kill people in a few days would still travel perfectly. If that happens then society as a whole would react to it more strongly and it would thus spread slower. That's a natural selective force.