It has never worked this way before. Viruses follow the entropy laws. Mutations are detritus and become less, not more.
doesn't mean they become less lethal
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."
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