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in reply to Wrazid

> A human-based mutation could only be beneficial as viruses do not seek to kill their host and the fact it happens at all is specifically from cross-species infection.

This is not how viruses work. Viruses don't 'seek' to do anything. Aberrant mutations happen. They did happen, in fact, when it came to the UK variant, the NY variant, et cetera.

Just because a virus spreads less effectively if it kills its host does not mean that lethal mutations are not possible-evolution is not a conscious design process. Mutations are chemical accidents. Shit happens. The mere existence of lethal viruses at ALL is evidence of this.

The majority of viruses in the human virome cause no symptoms and do not cause problems, and yet humanity remains plagued by viruses because, surprise surprise, mutations occur.

> We wont get a human-form of covid if we keep trying to prevent all humans from getting covid, which in turn will ensure that covid is lethal to humans for the foreseeable future.

I don't think you understand what you mean by 'human-form of covid'. This is pretty much just gibberish, and no, preventing infection does not mean that it remains lethal. Yes, viruses tend to become less lethal over time, but that's a LONG time.

Take a look at AIDS or Influenza, for instance. They have been around for a while-the flu longer than AIDS-but both remain deadly to humans and persistent threats, and allowing people to be mass infected by them causes more problems than it solves.

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