It’s a fair question. Plenty of viruses do mutate rapidly, especially other RNA viruses.
Measles can’t do it because of the lucky fact that the change required to escape immunity requires multiple simultaneous mutations that would render it likely unable to attach to human cells.
RNA viruses are the ones that typically mutate more rapidly, more easily escape immunity, which is why measles not being able to escape immunity is a pretty fair question imo, with an interesting answer that isn’t exactly intuitive.
The current school has failed spectacularly.
It’s a fair question. Plenty of viruses do mutate rapidly, especially other RNA viruses.
Measles can’t do it because of the lucky fact that the change required to escape immunity requires multiple simultaneous mutations that would render it likely unable to attach to human cells.
Is that high school knowledge?
Well, in MY school it was (RNA vs DNA viruses and their “virulence”. And how vaccines work). Just like Geography and World History. 🤷♂️
Yeah and measles is an RNA virus.
RNA viruses are the ones that typically mutate more rapidly, more easily escape immunity, which is why measles not being able to escape immunity is a pretty fair question imo, with an interesting answer that isn’t exactly intuitive.
OK, fair enough. This time I don’t get to bash gen Alphas, lol.