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by throwaway41968 2324 days ago
Doing a bunch of point mutations that "look" like a normal evolutionary process seems awfully expensive just to engineer a virus that's less threatening than, you know, the flu.
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>a virus that's less threatening than, you know, the flu.

How can you say this as fact when we don't even know the morbidity rate of the coronavirus? The story isn't over yet, but it looks like it could be twice as deadly as influenza.

Bet you $500 it won't.