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Re:Omicron variant was 73% of U.S. covid cases last week by jacquesm on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @03:36AM (#29635281)
This is simply incorrect. There are plenty of viruses that end up with an intermediary grade that may well have very high lethality. Once a virus has spread what happens to the host is irrelevant, including death. See May and Anderson's paper from 1982: Coevolution Of Hosts and Parasites.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/224043344_Coevoluti...

DOI:10.1017/S0031182000055360

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