Dos Perros
WKR
I’m not a virologist. That said have a hard time believing that an unchecked virus is less likely than one lacking hosts to prosper in to mutate. The human body and viruses will always be at war to see which evolves faster. We have the distinct advantage of science giving us a leg up the last 100 years or so. I have no doubt viruses will eventually win again. To me Covid has been a test of how we will respond to a truly devastating virus, this is a test run and we have failed.
Hard for me to buy into this line of thought in general. Why bother vaccinating for anything? Is that the line of thought?
I think the line of thought is "unknown long term side effects of a new vaccine compared to unknown long term side effects of a virus." I think the long term side effects of other vaccines have been thoroughly enough understood to fully make the risk/reward calculus. I know plenty of people, the vast majority in fact, of those who haven't received a COVID-19 vaccine, have been vaccinated for other things. "People" are not anti-vaccine, they're anti experimental vaccine.