If it's milder - it could be a game-saver.

This is what I've been wondering. If it's milder and it beats out Delta, it could be the beginning of the end of serious covid disease. Nobody's talking about that. It would sure throw a wrench into the covid industry that has ballooned.

If it spreads easier than Delta, and provides some protection against it, then it will become dominant. This is one of the advantages (to us, not the virus) of a virus that mutates easily -- it will eventually mutate itself into something harmless. The disadvantage is that it's harder to maintain an effective vaccine.

Can you imagine the meetings happening right now in big pharma? They're looking at either a new gold mine created by the need for a new vaccine, or game over. Notice how much they've been pushing the new vaccine story and ignoring the game over one.