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		CodeGlitch on Aug 4, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I’m an ICU Doctor and I Can't Believe What Unvacci... The more people it infects (even if it is young healthy people), the greater chance of more deadly strain. COVID-19 isn't that deadly, but is highly infectious. What happens if it mutates into something like this (another form of the coronavirus): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East_respiratory_syndro... (34% chance of death).

walkhour on Aug 5, 2021 [–]

Is there a precedence of a virus mutating into a deadlier version instead of a less deadly, more contagious version?

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