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Still, this is not the primary pathway the virus uses. A Paxlovid resistant virus won’t suddenly have a general evolutionary advantage for growth. It’ll just be
by thehappypm 5y ago
Still, this is not the primary pathway the virus uses. A Paxlovid resistant virus won’t suddenly have a general evolutionary advantage for growth. It’ll just be more likely to kill people.
- ceejayoz 5y agoWhy would a virus that can survive Paxlovid and continue infecting people not have an evolutionary advantage in a society with widely available Paxlovid treatments?
- thehappypm 5y agoThere’s clearly an advantage, but I think it’s pretty minimal. Evading immunity or being more contagious would be a much larger increase in fitness.
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