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    #SARSCoV2MutationRateClaims

    Scientists have made statements about SARS-CoV-2 being slow to mutate.
    No judgement on accuracy.
    In order of being found.

    August 2020, Dr #DavidJacques, virologist UNSW, "Coronaviruses mutate much slower than we might have expected for an RNA virus," ... "This gives hope that a vaccine will be successful." ... "If I could make just one emphatic point, it would be that viruses almost never mutate to become more virulent."
    https :// amp.abc.net.au/article/12519576