Re:AstraZeneca Scientist Says Delta Variant Makes Herd Immun...
by epistasis on Thursday August 12, 2021 @10:21PM
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The primary fuel for evolution of new variants is the spread of infection. Every time the virus copies itself is a chance for a new mutation, another roll of the roulette wheel for the creation of a stronger sARS-CoV-2.
So by letting infections spread as far as they did, we gave the raw evolutionary fuel to create new, more contagious, variants.
If we had cut the number of global infections in half, we might be living in a timeline where a delta-like variant never evolved.
We developed vaccines in record time, but if we had a way to distribute them more quickly, maybe it would have been prevented.
It's a global fight, and every government that let it get out of control worsened our chances at containment.
So by letting infections spread as far as they did, we gave the raw evolutionary fuel to create new, more contagious, variants.
If we had cut the number of global infections in half, we might be living in a timeline where a delta-like variant never evolved.
We developed vaccines in record time, but if we had a way to distribute them more quickly, maybe it would have been prevented.
It's a global fight, and every government that let it get out of control worsened our chances at containment.