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Re:The experiment that proved airborne disease transmission by nradov on Saturday October 03, 2020 @07:21PM (#24675406)
All viruses mutate, but so far SARS-CoV-2 has been mutating relatively slowly. It has an error correction mechanism which blocks the majority of mutations. By contrast influenza lacks that error correction and mutates much faster, which is why we need a reformulated vaccine every year.

The human species already has a significant level of herd immunity against four other endemic coronaviruses. The same thing will eventually happen with SARS-CoV-2 one way or another, but hopefully we will have an effective vaccine soon enough to accelerate that process while minimizing the death toll.

Re:The experiment that proved airborne disease transmission by beagle3 on Saturday October 03, 2020 @07:32PM (#24675462)
> By contrast influenza lacks that error correction and mutates much faster, which is why we need a reformulated vaccine every year.

That's true, but that might change soon (the "every year", not the mutation speed): Results of [0] are supposed to be published this quarter. I am hopeful for them to be positive.

[0] https://www.biondvax.com/2020/07/last-of-12400-participants-...