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		standardUser on Feb 22, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Covid vaccination linked to 'substantial reduction... "...can actually cause the virus to evolve to be more deadly overall" That is wildly speculative. Pathogens do not evolve inevitably towards maximum lethality.

tengbretson on Feb 22, 2021 [–]

> That is wildly speculative.

I'm not sure what more you should be asking for in a discussion about "what could happen"

Of course it is speculation. And it is based on what we know about other viruses at large and the our current best information about covid.

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