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Posted On: 09/25/2021 8:54:45 PM
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The virus mutates in everyone.
The mutation rate is generally similar across strains.
Infections that last longer tend to accumulate more host-specific mutations.
The immunocompromised, especially those who have cyclical immune function/suppression, have been documented as the source of variants that accumulate multiple beneficial mutations over the course of infection.. moreso than those with a functional immune system.
The vaccinated, especially those who are disinhibited / stop taking other precautions, continue to spread variants that will be highly likely to eventually escape vaccine immunity.
The unvaccinated provide a reservoir; I'm not convinced they're the major drivers of more virulent variants' evolution.
So do animals, both domesticated and wild.
Polio and smallpox are vastly different.. apples and oranges / not a useful comparison.
Vaccines with zero other preventative measures mean the virus will eventually escape vaccine immunity. It's not the problem, people are.
The mutation rate is generally similar across strains.
Infections that last longer tend to accumulate more host-specific mutations.
The immunocompromised, especially those who have cyclical immune function/suppression, have been documented as the source of variants that accumulate multiple beneficial mutations over the course of infection.. moreso than those with a functional immune system.
The vaccinated, especially those who are disinhibited / stop taking other precautions, continue to spread variants that will be highly likely to eventually escape vaccine immunity.
The unvaccinated provide a reservoir; I'm not convinced they're the major drivers of more virulent variants' evolution.
So do animals, both domesticated and wild.
Polio and smallpox are vastly different.. apples and oranges / not a useful comparison.
Vaccines with zero other preventative measures mean the virus will eventually escape vaccine immunity. It's not the problem, people are.
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