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That doesn’t even make sense. Mutations either will have no effect, or increase or decrease the viruses ability to spread and replicate. It’s basically the definition of evolution.

On top of which viral genomes, especially RNA viruses, mutate at such a rapid rate, evolution occurs quickly.




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