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Re:New Abbott SARS-CoV-2 antibody test has 99.90% specificit... by arcticbull on Monday May 11, 2020 @07:54PM (#23148880)
> On large enough scale, this is generally the more probable direction, and that's about it. Its truly random by nature.

If it's truly random it wouldn't be directional, yeah?

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Re:New Abbott SARS-CoV-2 antibody test has 99.90% specificit... by jjjensen90 on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @02:51AM (#23151181)
The genetic mutations are random, the survival of a lineage based on pressures and fitness can be "directional" by the human definition.
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