“virologist here said that it will have to mutate over time to a weaker version in order not to kill the host and itself.
In theory, it would mutate to spread more easily but be less dangerous. This didnt come from the poster here. Just my supposition.”
Remember it is pure selection.
A less pathogenic easier transmitted variation should become predominant.
All the common cold viruses (a third of which are Coronaviruses) may have started out deadly when they first jumped in to humans.
What would be the reason that HIV hasnt mutated to a less deadly version..perhaps not enough time for natural selection