Everybody Chill the F*ck Out About These COVID-19 Mutations
GET IT RIGHT
Like all viruses, SARS-CoV-2 changes over time. But those changes don’t really make it any less, or more, lethal.
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There’s a lot of bad reporting about the novel coronavirus, the way it mutates, and the implications of those mutations.
Despite what The New York Post claimed, there is no sign SARS-CoV-2 is mutating to become less dangerous.
And despite what The Los Angeles Times reported, there’s scant evidence the virus is mutating to become more dangerous. (The Atlantic published a great rebuttal.)
