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Originally Posted by davew
gain of function research to make viruses more potent seems to be working.
Fauci funding even after 0bama regime banned it, should get Fauci a Nobel prize - and he deserves it if he ends up killing a third of the world
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RNA viruses have a much higher rate of mutation.
quote: RNA viruses have high mutation rates—up to a million times higher than their hosts—and these high rates are correlated with enhanced virulence and evolvability, traits considered beneficial for viruses.
from
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6107253/