Treatment protocols have been wrong from day one, especially vent protocols.
Viruses are parasites, parasites do not really want to kill their hosts. Viruses usually mutate to become less lethal so that they can multiply and reinfect host cells while trying to disseminate into other hosts. It is rare for a virus to mutate to become more lethal. Mutate to become more infectious, yes, but think of it this way: how long would you last if you were destroying your environment and “food” source?
This idea alone is why gain-of-function is so against nature and research ethics.
HIV and SIV are out of the norm for viral pathogens in any species. Makes you wonder even more.
It exists.
Treatment protocols have been wrong from day one, especially vent protocols.
Viruses are parasites, parasites do not really want to kill their hosts. Viruses usually mutate to become less lethal so that they can multiply and reinfect host cells while trying to disseminate into other hosts. It is rare for a virus to mutate to become more lethal. Mutate to become more infectious, yes, but think of it this way: how long would you last if you were destroying your environment and “food” source?
This idea alone is why gain-of-function is so against nature and research ethics.
HIV and SIV are out of the norm for viral pathogens in any species. Makes you wonder even more.