[grey_whiskers]

For your statement that this virus has mutated and grown more virulent.

That kind of thing has happened (Spanish Flu of 1918). But I haven't yet seen anyone else claim it of this virus.

[Mariner]

We know there are at least two varieties, -L and -S.
Somebody here has a link for that. I don’t. But I suspect you can find that for yourself too.

But the death rate in Italy has been above everyone else.