Fair enough. Apologies if I came off as far too snarky.
We're certainly all want this damn thing to end. It's been over two years since I last saw my folks in person.
Right. Because thousands of years of humanity suffering from smallpox was ended when it magically mutated into something less lethal.
...Oh wait, no...it was the vaccine.
It is NOT some kind of rule of viruses that they have to become less lethal overtime. Some do. Many don't.