I keep checking nextstrain.org and Delta comfortably remains the king of the monsters. With evolutionary convergence, there is a limit as to how “bad” a virus can get from a transmissibility perspective. I can’t guarantee that we’re there, but it sure looks like we might be.
Yep. That’s my thinking too. I’d love to know if there’s a way of measuring how far off Delta is from the four endemic coronaviruses. Are there common characteristics of “domesticated” coronaviruses that we could be looking for? Like neoteny in domesticated cats and dogs?
I keep checking nextstrain.org and Delta comfortably remains the king of the monsters. With evolutionary convergence, there is a limit as to how “bad” a virus can get from a transmissibility perspective. I can’t guarantee that we’re there, but it sure looks like we might be.
Yep. That’s my thinking too. I’d love to know if there’s a way of measuring how far off Delta is from the four endemic coronaviruses. Are there common characteristics of “domesticated” coronaviruses that we could be looking for? Like neoteny in domesticated cats and dogs?