foggyvisor
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- Jun 28, 2018
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Aren't viruses supposed to lose potency and be less transmissible over time?
Nature would select so fatality decreases and transmissibility increases.
The next year will be interesting as mass vaccination drives the virus to select more for mutations that enhance immune evasion. Normally this could be offset by less transmission, but there will be pockets of the unvaccinated world where these new variants can transmit at high rates.
Regular booster shots and mass vaccination should get this under control, but those are both ambitious goals. Under control = keep hospitalizations low.