> This data suggests a simple and testable hypothesis – there are natural strains of SARS-CoV-2 in the world that have mutated to be non-pathogenic (asymptomatic), but are still infective and will provide immunity to the more pathogenic (deadly) strains.
From the structure of the post it sounded like "this data" referred to Iceland plus the Wuhan study.
If you only meant the Wuhan study then apologies for misunderstanding.
I’m a lay person here, but it seems a foregone conclusion that viruses experience frequent mutation, and that a novel virus infecting a new host species for the first time is going to see a relative explosion in mutations due to the extreme increase in the number of opportunities for it to occur.
> This data suggests a simple and testable hypothesis – there are natural strains of SARS-CoV-2 in the world that have mutated to be non-pathogenic (asymptomatic), but are still infective and will provide immunity to the more pathogenic (deadly) strains.
From the structure of the post it sounded like "this data" referred to Iceland plus the Wuhan study.
If you only meant the Wuhan study then apologies for misunderstanding.