> The first step is understanding. This is a slogan with no logical value. > Until you understand how it happens, statements about whether or not you can prev

> The first step is understanding. This is a slogan with no logical value. > Until you understand how it happens, statements about whether or not you can prevent it do not make much sense to me. Except we do understand. It seems to me that you are lacking is basic scientific knowledge. Virus mutates naturally and become more virulent due to evolution. > For example: imagine you have not yet discovered that the unwashed hands of doctors are transmitting disease in a hospital. You might make a statement very similar to yours about how "even if we can figure out how people get sick, it's not like we can stop it". We can control our hands, we can't control viruses in nature.