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Why do scientists worry more about new strains of viruses like influenza and coronviruses as potential causes of deadly human pandemics, but they never talk about the next big Herpesvirus strain deadly pandemic? Which of the statements below helps partially answer that? |
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Influenza and CoV are RNA viruses which results in having higher mutation rates -- they can more easily jump between host species. Herpesviruses are dsDNA viruses and usually very host specific. |
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Only humans get Herpesviruses, while animals can get Influenza viruses and Coronaviruses. |
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dsDNA viruses aren't very transmissible and even when they are, they're not deadly. |
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We already have effective vaccines for Herpes. |
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Influenza and CoV have more genes, more complex gene expression, and can undergo genetic recombination or reassortment, while Herpesviruses are more limited. |
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