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by lamontcg 1915 days ago
Right now that is what is happening, but as the title shows those variants don't achieve immune escape.

The sum total of mutations necessary to achieve immune escape and overcome herd immunity is a lot more likely to come at a cost to overall fitness.

Also I can't guarantee that West Ham United won't win the Premier League, but the safe money is all on Man City.

Paper on the possibility of mild disease endemicity:

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/371/6530/741

AP coverage of that paper:

https://apnews.com/article/common-cold-india-coronavirus-pan...