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>>Eventually there will be several overlapping waves of infections each with a different variant so that people might even get sick from a combination of different variants at once.<<

it is possible for delta and omicron [and or others] to recombine genetic features, how probable is the million dollar question at the time

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_recombination#RNA_viru...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coinfection



Ya, I'm willing to bet money this is going to happen. It's pretty much guaranteed at this point since there is evidence now that Omicron picked up DNA from the common cold. [1]

1: https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/omicron-possibly-m...




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