[titzer]

It seems counterintuitive at first, but the logic is sound. More infections = more mutations. More time = more mutations. By having a significant proportion of unvaccinated people keeping the pandemic going, juxtaposed with a large, maybe even majority of people vaccinated, it confers an evolutionary advantage to any mutation that crosses from unvaccinated to vaccinated. A rapid increase in vaccination is needed to stamp out the infection before it can mutate. A slow burn is a worst case scenario, as it just keeps the door open for the shit to keep escaping.

[penultimatebro]

The vaccinated shed mutations - it’s the conclusion of the paper. They are the petri dishes of which new vaccine derived mutations spawn.

You’re attempting to tie these mutations to only the unvaccinated. They likely shed mutations as well but that’s not what this paper highlights.

Not only can the vaccinated spread the virus but they’re likely making it more pathogenic in the process. See here:

https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article/info:doi/10.13...