EPTOn February 07 2020 19:57 Mverdo wrote:
Extremely unlikely to become more fatal through mutation. It's a slow mutating virus + being more deadly is a very bad evolutionary tactic for a virus. If it would mutate it would probably become less fatal.
https://www.statnews.com/2020/02/04/two-scenarios-if-new-coronavirus-isnt-contained/
Extremely unlikely to become more fatal through mutation. It's a slow mutating virus + being more deadly is a very bad evolutionary tactic for a virus. If it would mutate it would probably become less fatal.
https://www.statnews.com/2020/02/04/two-scenarios-if-new-coronavirus-isnt-contained/
while the general claim you are making seems to be true, mutation is still very dangerous because what can come of it is largely unknown, and it could lead a new thing entirely that we have never dealt with before. meaning, it doesn't necessarily have to follow previous trends. What about a mutation that leads to an even longer incubation period but even greater fatality rates, for example?
