Publication date: Mar 24, 2025
“In other words, the virus has the opportunity to “try out” different mutations, different attacks against the human immune system. What the COVID-19 pandemic tells us about how viruses evolveEarly in the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists predicted the coronavirus would mutate slowly. “It’s almost like a training camp for the virus to find ways to hide from our immune system. Those mutations, in turn, may help it spark a new wave of infections. That’s almost certainly what happened with omicron. Understanding it could help us predict the evolution of other viruses in the future. Want to hear more virology or human biology stories? “The more time you have, the more mutations you can accumulate,” Zhang says. Tyler Jones checked the facts.
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