"It is not in the interest of the virus to kill the host because it (the virus) will die as well. Through their evolutionary process, viruses tend to accommodate the hosts to live in them. This means they want to cause mild diseases to propagate and that will ensure they can survive."
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Sazaly Abu Bakar (2020) cited in "'More studies needed on virus mutations'" on New Straits Times, 6 March 2020.
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