OK,this is what i came up with to explain this virus thus far.

the original strain that hit WUHAN,raged like a wild fire thur CHINA. this we know aznd expected to see worldwide.yet that did not pan out. based on exponential growth or spread,the virus should have kept going more than it did. yes the cheap masks and SD guidelines slowed it but not stopped it.the virus made some sick but not everyone nor did it kill as many % wise compared to WUHAN.

give u an example- i got #'s bout a year ago of cases starting in my home-county in PA. did the math at exponential growth, it would take the county down and infect everyone in the county in 4-6 weeks.it is a rural county,ppl did use cloth masks,lockdowns ,closed schools. these measures woud have slowed the growth or spread rate but not stopped it. it has been almost a full 12 months since the 1st cases. that county never saw a hard wave til late fall,over 6mths after the 1st cases.

this virus defies logic or math. why?

here is my theory- the virus,original strain to the states, mutated down. it mutated down before it got to the US and as it moved out from NYC and the coast. hence,we never saw the 45% death rate not the super spreaders that CHINA and EU saw way back in early 2020. by mutating down, the virus that we had here infected less ppl/sick person and was less deadly and less severe as well.

this is the only way i can explain the movement of the virus and how it has not gone full outbreak or put more ppl in the hospital consistently.