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> I can’t imagine a future without it.
And a past? Coronaviruses have been around in animals for at least nearly a hundred years.
The domestic cat edition (FIP) isn't too rare. Many cats live with it unaffected their entire life. It's a type of virus, and viruses are everywhere.
Just because a virus hops species doesn't mean it does anything interesting to/with that species. I'd wager most mutations are benign.
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> I can’t imagine a future without it.
And a past? Coronaviruses have been around in animals for at least nearly a hundred years.
The domestic cat edition (FIP) isn't too rare. Many cats live with it unaffected their entire life. It's a type of virus, and viruses are everywhere.
Just because a virus hops species doesn't mean it does anything interesting to/with that species. I'd wager most mutations are benign.