Re:Omicron variant more resistant to vaccine but causes less...
by heavyset_go on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @04:34PM
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> viral mutations are optimizing for high transmission and low severity (to not kill the host and maximize infections
The selection pressure that sometimes selects for weaker strains is large amounts of viral hosts dying, causing the stronger strains to literally die out in the corpses they create.
People aren't dying in droves because of COVID. There is little evolutionary pressure to select for weaker variants of the virus.
The selection pressure that sometimes selects for weaker strains is large amounts of viral hosts dying, causing the stronger strains to literally die out in the corpses they create.
People aren't dying in droves because of COVID. There is little evolutionary pressure to select for weaker variants of the virus.