CANON_Grow
Well-Known Member
This makes the most sense to me, the virus simply mutates and the more successful mutations thrive while the others die off. All it will take is for one unlucky break for this to become as contagious as Omicron and as deadly as MERS. They should have saved the 'Kraken' name for when that happens.
"It is important to point out, though, that there is no intelligence behind evolution, nor are viruses capable of thought. They are mere bundles of genetic instructions which call for their own duplication, a process that, like typing in a handwritten letter, lends itself to typos, i.e. mutations. It is thus hazardous to think of any virus as having a will to survive and of thus wanting for its host to cling to life long enough to help spread the little bugger. The avirulence theory beguiles our desire to anthropomorphize the billions and billions of viruses on our planet."
"It is important to point out, though, that there is no intelligence behind evolution, nor are viruses capable of thought. They are mere bundles of genetic instructions which call for their own duplication, a process that, like typing in a handwritten letter, lends itself to typos, i.e. mutations. It is thus hazardous to think of any virus as having a will to survive and of thus wanting for its host to cling to life long enough to help spread the little bugger. The avirulence theory beguiles our desire to anthropomorphize the billions and billions of viruses on our planet."
Do Bad Viruses Always Become Good Guys in the End?
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