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This will happen naturally. No need for intervention. The longer it goes the better.


This is true, but it might take a few hundred years. I think it would be better if we try and help the process along.


I'm not sure, but you might be greatly underestimating the rate of evolution for these virii. Generally it is ~10^9 faster than eukaryote evolution (https://viralzone.expasy.org/4136) and there are many (10^?) generations that occur in every host. Early selective pressure for fast replication makes it deadly, but late-stage selective pressure is to be transmissible through mild symptoms. The end game is that it becomes part of our DNA.

I might also mention that the virus doesn't really care about us. Mostly it's interested in infecting our bacteria. That's kind of a joke, but in reality, it says everything about how to control it.


We have a pretty good idea how fast corona virus evolve. Yes there will be selection pressure for it to become less deadly, but this can take a long time. My proposal is how we can speed up this process.




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