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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/but-i-just-had-covid-why-omicron-is-driving-up-reinfection-rate-1.4777988[/quote]
that's what happens when the virus mutates, and this virus will continue to mutate. That's what happened with the Spanish flu - it mutated, became less lethal as it mutated, and is part of the influenza family. But, we don't shut down due to influenza.

That's the endemic game for covid. It will be around forever, in some way, shape or form.

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/1918flupandemic.htm

[quote]Descendants of the 1918 influenza virus still circulate today, and current seasonal influenza vaccines provide some protection against the 1918 virus. [/quote][/quote]

There's no magic guarantee that a virus will mutate into something less lethal. All the virus wants to do is reproduce. Populations tend to somewhat select for less lethal variants... as the more damaging ones tend to kill them or render them too disabled to function. Therefore they either die out or start avoiding the infection. But there's no evolutionary imperative for the virus to become less lethal.[/quote]

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