I keep reading people asserting this, and I assume it's because we believe that a virus that becomes less lethal would have an evolutionary advantage.
But, wouldn't lengthening the incubation period also be a successful evolutionary strategy regardless of lethality?
It seems to me that there are many possible strategies that a mutating virus might gain an advantage and we shouldn't just assume that the only one that they would use would be to become more mild.
But, wouldn't lengthening the incubation period also be a successful evolutionary strategy regardless of lethality?
It seems to me that there are many possible strategies that a mutating virus might gain an advantage and we shouldn't just assume that the only one that they would use would be to become more mild.
Luckily, sars-cov-2 seems relatively stable.