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by kaiju0
1817 days ago
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Has there been any work done on the severity of the COVID 19 variants? My understanding is variants of highly dangerous viruses rarely keep the high level of risk as the progenitors. Does the delta variant and others pose the same risks? Are we over responding to a virus family group? |
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> My understanding is variants of highly dangerous viruses rarely keep the high level of risk as the progenitors.
Even if that's a general trend that doesn't mean it's a rule. And the rationale "a dead host isn't as useful at spreading the virus" doesn't really apply to covid since only a small percentage gets hospitalized or dies, most infectees remain fit enough to spread it further.