Delta will be old news soon. Already hearing less, soon Lambda will be king
A vaccine resistant strain is likely to emerge because that is what viruses do. They evolve. They mutate. Daughter has done some digging. Alpha, beta, delta, gamma and lambda variants already identified. Lambda is apparently becoming a big deal in South America. But already identified in 29 countries including U.S. and Canada. Iota variant and another (cannot recall) have also been ID’ed but apparently fading out due to low virulence (proper word?).
Bottom line, virus is going to be a virus. And the politicians are going to continue to politicize the virus as long as it serves their purpose.
Absolutely.
It's ongoing and completely random
Viruses do not reproduce to clone themselves.
Unlike people, the next generation may not have eyes,ears, at me, or legs in pairs. Presenting the same silhouette.
More like personality, or appearances.
Same parents, 6 kids. All different in looks and personality.
Some of those kids might be model material.
Maybe one will find a situation where they become a model.
Some might be very intelligent, maybe find their way to NASA.
The smartest, prettiest, might take over a mega company,
Or become a crack whore. Random kids, random situations.
Children will also get their version.
All you need is random exposure of a kid friendly mutatation.
In one kid, if it reproduces true enough for several generations,
It's off and running.
What many miss is the constant mutation, and randomness of it.
A vaccine for the common cold Is doable.
Bad one going around, they could build a vaccine.
But it takes months. By then, the virus likely changed enough
to resist the vaccine.
And there are untold numbers of strains to start with.
Be like trying to go down a hallway of locked doors.
You have a huge ring of keys, made to fit each lock. None marked.
But, as you go along, the tumblers in the locks are changing!