I believe the term is “Muller’s Ratchet”
The lifecycle of a virus is to become more contagious, but less lethal. It’s how things evolve for maximum survivability. A dead host does not spread a virus. So, all virus’s (as in there are no known exceptions) mutate to become more contagious and less of a threat.
Coronavirus, whether one of known that are endemic, or the Bioweapon that is made by China - are no exception. Yes, there will be mutations, and they will all follow the same path - more contagious and less of a health threat.
Excellent explanation. That’s exactly what I was trying to say in a previous post above. But you explained it better than me. Thanks. Most helpful.
You have a fundamental error.
“how things evolve for maximum survivability”
Viruses are not alive. They don’t die. They don’t survive.
They don’t eat. They don’t excrete.
They don’t “mutate”. There is no action on their part. Their genetic material inside an infected cell causes that cell to create more of that genetic material, and that creation is not perfect. It has variance in structure. Largely random. Then it bursts through that cell membrane and floats around in the lung until it bumps into another cell, or is exhaled.
It doesn’t care if the host survives or dies. It doesn’t care about anything. It’s not alive and is not trying to survive.