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zeeke42 t1_j7ibt0x wrote

Reply to comment by Asterose in (Virology) Has SARS-CoV-2 outcompeted all the other coronaviruses which have been called the ‘common cold’? by jsgui

I didn't read the question that way at all. I took it as "why did they think that at the time, and what have we learned since then about why they were wrong?"

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atred t1_j7ik52g wrote

yeah, it wasn't a complain about scientists, it was more why it was considered unlikely to mutate and what changed that now is considered "highly mutable" as OP put it.

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Lumpy-Dingo-947 t1_j7iko3k wrote

I mostly heard “if they were wrong before, how can you be sure inconveniencing me is right????”

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