Probably not.
But that really doesn’t matter, in terms of how to mitigate it.
Given that whatever ancestor to COVID-19 had many quadrillions*, if not more, tries at mutating into something that might be rather more troublesome than a cold, Mo’ Nature was likely to “get it right”** sooner or later.
*If you get the flu, your body is riddled with something like 100 TRILLION virus particles. All looking for a better way to do things.**
**Higher infectiousness is “better”. Killing the host is sort of a “mistake”. However - my Dad did a lot of work in (plant) genetics: Most mutations are benign or mildly harmful to the mutating entity. COVID-19 is most like a cold coronavirus (quite infectious) that “made a bit of a mistake.”
A fresh perspective is always appreciated.
What’s the saying...
If we can send a man to the moon, why can’t we send all of them?
No, that’s not quite right.
If we can send a man to the moon, why can’t we solve the common cold?
Well, the little buggers are constantly wiggling around just enough to stay one step ahead of man.
The silver lining in all of this, as painful as it will be in bringing about a justifiable reckoning, is that the idea of utopian globalism with regards to the U.S. of A., is DEAD!