That is an interpretation, and one I believe is in error. First of all, on logical grounds, because perfection, by definition, does not degrade. Second, on observational grounds, selection and wastage remove non-viable copies, just as the CRC check and redundency removes errors from computer data transfers. Thus, even imperfection can maintain itself without degradation. You are assertion that God is a less capable engineer than humans.
If you stick your fist into the wedding cake, damage has been done. (that is reality).
Second, on observational grounds, selection and wastage remove non-viable copies, just as the CRC check and redundency removes errors from computer data transfers.
Retransmission of a copy results in degradation of signal. If errors are induced into a signal, the original packet is retransmitted, not a copy of the original (Which God doesn't do, if he did we would never die being that He made us "very good"). There is also a time to live function in TCPIP protocols to eliminate successive error filled retransmissions and gumming up of the network.