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Yes viruses mutate but they mutate to less dangerous forms

Posted on: April 21, 2020 at 10:29:39 CT
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https://www.popsci.com/story/health/covid-19-coronavirus-mutates-changes/

That is one of the reasons that viral outbreaks usually burn themselves out. Viruses mutate quickly and those new mutations often are forms that are either less dangerous or less virulent. Even the handful that get stronger continue to mutate until they also become less dangerous.
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The deaths predicted by modeling could surpass 60k IF states - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 4/21 09:25:21
     they seem to forget the purpose of shutting down - lower the - tigerinhogtown STL - 4/21 11:03:20
     The model updates as the data is put in - Da_Haze KC - 4/21 09:43:35
          Accurate? Seriously? They predicted 220k deaths with full - DHighlander NWMSU - 4/21 10:19:40
          You guys were screaming that government policy - mizzouSECedes STL - 4/21 09:53:53
          What if the data is bad? (nm) - ummmm MU - 4/21 09:49:43
               Computers are literal - Da_Haze KC - 4/21 10:00:59
                    BULLSHLT! The very first models assumed total social - DHighlander NWMSU - 4/21 10:21:22
                         He ignores this(nm) - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 4/21 10:32:08
                    The data is still bad, as we are just now finding out - ummmm MU - 4/21 10:04:32
                         Do we have that much of a spread or are the antibody tests - Da_Haze KC - 4/21 10:08:07
                              so ... the data is bad? (nm) - Sal MU - 4/21 10:17:05
                              ^ confirming the data is bad (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 4/21 10:09:28
                              We have that much of a spread. COVID-19 is not the killer - ummmm MU - 4/21 10:09:17
                                   We know of 2 separate strains - Da_Haze KC - 4/21 10:11:20
                                        Okay, so how does this make the data on this - ummmm MU - 4/21 10:40:03
                                        convenient morphing of speculation into conclusion to - 90Tiger STL - 4/21 10:18:35
                                             I'm not defending or saying models are bad - Da_Haze KC - 4/21 10:22:01
                                                  Yes viruses mutate but they mutate to less dangerous forms - DHighlander NWMSU - 4/21 10:29:39
                                                       Sometimes they do... 1918 flu is thought to have - Da_Haze KC - 4/21 11:29:31
                                                            Way to restate exactly what I just posted. Even when they - DHighlander NWMSU - 4/21 11:44:36
                                                  You are defending them (nm) - Sal MU - 4/21 10:26:29
                                        lol there it is (nm) - Sal MU - 4/21 10:16:55
                                             Is Isreal also part of this global cabal to oust trump? - Da_Haze KC - 4/21 10:23:39
                                                  you're raging against a straw man. nobody you're posting - 90Tiger STL - 4/21 10:44:09
                                                  I never said anything was about ousting Trump (nm) - Sal MU - 4/21 10:26:40
                    So you admit the data is bad, but still say - Sal MU - 4/21 10:02:36
                         Reread my post sal - Da_Haze KC - 4/21 10:06:20
                              You're advocating for models even with - Sal MU - 4/21 10:06:58
               well, bad data is better than no data - Sal MU - 4/21 09:53:51
               The model updates(nm) - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 4/21 09:50:55
          lol (nm) - Sal MU - 4/21 09:46:34
          Shouldn't you be packing into a small car with 30 of your - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 4/21 09:46:25
               I would suspect that would be you and your fellow - Da_Haze KC - 4/21 09:58:50
                    Nobody ever said the virus was a hoax (nm) - Sal MU - 4/21 10:28:20
                         he's raging against this meme (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 4/21 10:57:06
                    and, there's the straw man (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 4/21 10:10:40
                    Yer a pussy. You should always shelter at home. You're in - Emoji Man MSU - 4/21 10:02:36
                         Sure thing guy - Da_Haze KC - 4/21 10:26:37
     Theres only one humane thing to do - El-ahrairah BAMA - 4/21 09:31:15
     And so many will still unquestioningly cling to models - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 4/21 09:31:01
          Kemp's move will crush the narrative - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 4/21 09:33:20
               And new cases and any deaths will be headline stories - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 4/21 09:35:13
                    And they have no accountability (nm) - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 4/21 09:47:16




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