Throawaze420 t1_iss224e wrote on October 18, 2022 at 8:12 AM Reply to Boston University researchers claim to have developed new, more lethal COVID strain in lab - Researchers at Boston University added a spike protein from the Omicron variant with the original Wuhan strain, which has an 80% kill rate (in certain mice) by izumi3682 I doubt a contagious disease with an 80% mortality rate would spread very widely, it’s kind of counterproductive for the virus’s goal to reproduce and spread. Can’t spread if everyone is dead after all Permalink 2
Throawaze420 t1_iss224e wrote
Reply to Boston University researchers claim to have developed new, more lethal COVID strain in lab - Researchers at Boston University added a spike protein from the Omicron variant with the original Wuhan strain, which has an 80% kill rate (in certain mice) by izumi3682
I doubt a contagious disease with an 80% mortality rate would spread very widely, it’s kind of counterproductive for the virus’s goal to reproduce and spread. Can’t spread if everyone is dead after all