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100 years ago Spanish Flu eventually mutated into a more transmissible but less severe variant and faded away. COVID seems to be going the same way. In the future would it be possible to genetically engineer a mild but virulent virus to out compete future pandemics? To fast track that process?

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100 years ago Spanish Flu eventually mutated into a more transmissible but less severe variant and faded away. COVID seems to be going the same way. In the future would it be possible to genetically engineer a mild but virulent virus to out compete future pandemics? To fast track that process?	1