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Old 12-19-2021, 01:14 PM   #845
Amethyst
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Originally Posted by White Out 403 View Post
I'm not a virologist, obviously, but doesn't it make sense that the longer a virus carries on it finds itself a way to replicate more and be less deadly? It's not really in the interest of a virus to be so deadly that it can't carry on in more hosts
Not necessarily. If it kills people right away, sure. But covid is most contagious before you have symptoms, so you can go around and infect lots of people before you die.
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