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Re:When antibiotics failed a severely ill patient, a virus s... by arrosenberg on Thursday December 08, 2016 @05:25PM (#13134865)
Broadly speaking, most viruses have no mechanism to control mutations other than becoming inactive/nonfunctional. Some bacteria are also like this, in that they can tolerate a high mutation rate without going extinct, while other bacteria have rudimentary control mechanisms that slow their mutation rate in favor of higher survivability and specialization.

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