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Originally Posted by RWebb
almost...
the virus doesn't mutate in any 'direction' - mutation is random
what happens is that of the many mutations, natural selection favors the ones that have less virulence (since they don't kill the host as quickly, they can disperse and thrive)
ultimate example is to become via selection something the host benefits form - a mutualist (which is how you got mitochondria)
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Mutates good, mutates bad.
Mutates good for a few decades and we won't bat an eye.
Covid has already mutated twice last I read. Bark is worse than the bite if you're not in the demographics....