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Originally Posted by !LittleDragon
It probalby is already mutated but it's likely to mutate to something less harmful. The goal of all life forms is to stay alive and pass down their DNA. It's not in the best interest of the virus to kill the host.
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Sometimes a weaker strain can end up being more deadly in the long run, with the ability to survive and infect more people, while segments of the population are still susceptible to death. This is exactly what happened with Spanish Flu. First wave was killing young people quickly. Then it came back and wouldn't kill them, but spread much wider and killed older and sick people. That's where the huge number came from, killing 3-5% of the planet's human population.
That's kind of what makes this virus such a bastard. It's weak enough that people can have it and spread it around without knowing. It also tends to convince people that there's no problem and they can live life like normal, causing it to spread even more, to the point where entire countries have to shut down.
If this mutates to where it's as weak as the flu with older/sick people, that would be great though obviously. Currently it's about 10-20 times as deadly as the flu for the elderly.