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Interesting that the cases starting to increase just about when vaccinations started. (The study also confirmed that the variant -- called B.1.427/B.1.429 and first detected in December -- has surged across California. The second study found that the variant has spread rapidly in San Francisco's Mission District in the past few months. By late January, it had become the predominant variant in California, and cases caused by the variant are now doubling every 18 days, according to Chiu and colleagues.) https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20210225/new-coronavirus-variant-surging-in-california?src=rss_public

Interesting that the cases starting to increase just about when vaccinations started. (The study also confirmed that the variant -- called B.1.427/B.1.429 and first detected in December -- has surged across California. The second study found that the variant has spread rapidly in San Francisco's Mission District in the past few months. By late January, it had become the predominant variant in California, and cases caused by the variant are now doubling every 18 days, according to Chiu and colleagues.) https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20210225/new-coronavirus-variant-surging-in-california?src=rss_public

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doesn't mean they become less lethal

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Swervish has it right. It is what all micro-biologists agree as being true. He posted above the following (My acknowledgement goes to Swervish to repost this)

"Nope.

Generally, as viruses mutate, they become more contagious, but LESS lethal. Of course viruses adhere to random mutation (assuming they are naturally occurring viruses) and survival of the fittest rules. Therefore any mutation that keeps the host alive longer to spread more, would be advantageous. Any mutation that kills the host faster would eventually eliminate the virus.

The oldest human viruses are the most contagious and the least [emph.] lethal. AAMOF, there are thousands of ancient human viruses that exist in all of us, but cause NO SYMPTOMS and pose no health risk... and now you know why."