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riotousgrowlz t1_j26pohv wrote

Reply to comment by what_mustache in Is the BF.7 mutation of Omicron less severe than variants? by Active_Bedroom_5495

There is pressure for it to not kill hosts before they are able to infect others though.

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Gemberts t1_j27mpch wrote

Right - and if the period where you're contagious the most is before you're symptomatic, there is functionally no pressure not to kill the host. No pressure to kill it either. No pressure either way, and we keep flipping that coin, hoping it lands heads.

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what_mustache t1_j2eaggi wrote

Yeah, which has nothing to do with covid. Covid never killed the host that quickly, there was never pressure for it to get less dangerous.

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