1) If mutations make the virus less deadly, then Delta could not exist, since it is far more deadly than Alpha, or original.
2) You guys need to lean back and consider what would be your reaction to images of piles of bodies in South Korea and police/army fleeing the areas of Seoul where an 80% deadly variant unfolds.
Or don’t bother, I’ll tell you what your reactions would be. You would lock yourselves down and do only food delivery or curbside pickup and mask at every opportunity, all while typing that the images are bogus and it’s a DNC plot that Korea decided to join.