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It's a crap-shoot, We and other infection able animals are mere in vevo 'petri dishes' for the RNA which is highly mutable.
'An infinite number of Monkeys, with an infinite number of typewriters', So it is a Chance and Probability game.
Infinite Monkey theorem - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_monkey_theorem
Ribonucleic acid (RNA) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA
The hypothesis that 'as viruses mutate they become more infectious but less deadly',
and wildfires will burn themselves out, only work when there is limited fuel, i.e. small communities with limited travel,
hence the lock-down/lock-out option is prudent at this time.
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It's a crap-shoot, We and other infection able animals are mere in vevo 'petri dishes' for the RNA which is highly mutable.
'An infinite number of Monkeys, with an infinite number of typewriters', So it is a Chance and Probability game.
Infinite Monkey theorem - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_monkey_theorem
Ribonucleic acid (RNA) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA
The hypothesis that 'as viruses mutate they become more infectious but less deadly',
and wildfires will burn themselves out, only work when there is limited fuel, i.e. small communities with limited travel,
hence the lock-down/lock-out option is prudent at this time.