it does reduce the average number of sequential infections each lineage experiences before the disease burns out
Does it, though? As a thought experiment say we just let just let A.1 rip. No lockdowns, no nothing. It burns though the world some number of months, say 3-4.
Would we not see lineages evolve in that time? There would likely be more replications in that scenarios than in the approach we’ve taken now. So maybe I can imagine there’s reason to think we’d see more linages in that scenario than we do now.
Does it, though? As a thought experiment say we just let just let A.1 rip. No lockdowns, no nothing. It burns though the world some number of months, say 3-4.
Would we not see lineages evolve in that time? There would likely be more replications in that scenarios than in the approach we’ve taken now. So maybe I can imagine there’s reason to think we’d see more linages in that scenario than we do now.