Highly mutated COVID variant ‘Pirola’ JN.1 is spawning. Its descendants are climbing the charts, as the global death toll mounts fortune.com/well/2024/01...

Highly mutated COVID variant ‘Pirola’ JN.1 is spawning. Its descendants are climbing the charts,...

“Pirola” JN.1 may be the beginning of a new chapter in the pandemic, some experts said. Now its descendants are spawning—and appear to be on a path to dominance.

But I was assured that viruses mutate to become less harmful always. Huh.