KennyG
Well-Known Member
That data in the thread does sound pretty worrying. The speed with which these nasty mutations are occurring now is possibly why we seem to have gone into overdrive post Christmas trying to stop what may already be the unstoppable. Explains why suddenly we are talking about stopping passengers coming on flights without even stricter restrictions.
Even if the vaccines are modified and we start all over again this may keep on happening. With so many infected there are always going to be opportunities for a virus as widespread as this to find a new, better way to thrive.
It is almost like this is a bio weapon not a virus doing what viruses just do but - something designed to stop what people will try to do to repel viruses. Obviously it's just bad luck, but it has come too early for us to really have much chance of stopping it becoming dominant. Until the next version turns up that outdoes this one.
What we need now is a new mutation that eats these two and metaphorically cosies up to humans and says - let's be friends. I will just give you a headache if you let me infect you but nothing else if you promise to let me stick around.
Unfortunately nature does not work like that.
Does not feel great to think that humans might not not be top of the food chain and are prey to a teeny little thing.
This just further strengthens the argument that it came out of a lab, and has been given game of function (man made to be more infectious).