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Re:The most effective malaria vaccine yet discovered by eloff on Friday April 23, 2021 @03:41PM (#26918369)
Yes. Also evolution tends to favor making diseases better adapted to their hosts and note virulent, but less deadly.

We have a number of Coronaviruses endemic to humans that cause the common cold (among other viruses.) That's probably how covid19 would turn out, left to its own devices.

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Re:The most effective malaria vaccine yet discovered by estaseuropano on Friday April 23, 2021 @07:19PM (#26920399)
That's not correct. The virus doesn't care whether you die or heal. It cares how long you are contagious, so generally the time until death after infection tends to stretch, not general deadliness.
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