The people have dramatically altered their behavior on a global scale (on average anyways) because of COVID’s lethality. There is absolutely selective pressure in that dimension.
If the lethality of Covid were to drop to seasonal flu levels there wouldn’t be anywhere near the amount of research into medical interventions nor would we feasibly maintain our current levels of public health interventions.
If the lethality of Covid were to drop to seasonal flu levels there wouldn’t be anywhere near the amount of research into medical interventions nor would we feasibly maintain our current levels of public health interventions.