Mass Vaccination Triggers Viral Evolution Towards More Infectious Variants Says Top Virologist

Conducting mass vaccination campaigns on a background of high infection rates generates optimal conditions for breeding even more infectious Sars-CoV-2 variants.

The combination of massive, spike-directed immune pressure combined with high infectious pressure rapidly allows these variants to reproduce more effectively such as to outcompete previously circulating variants/ strains.

Mass vaccination, therefore, promotes viral evolution towards more infectious variants. The resulting enh...

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