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by gus_massa 1885 days ago
The prions are not involved in the formation of new proteins, so it's very^100 difficult that they can evolve to create more efficient versions. [I try to not use "impossible" because life finds a way ...]

Virus instead use their own material as the original to make copies, so any new good or bad variation will be copied in the offspring, and they can evolve.