COVID-19 as a Conscious Organism: A Novel Understanding  of the SARS-CoV-2 as a Natural Evolution of the SARS Virus

Authors

COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, SARS, virulence enhancement, consciousness, teleological natural evolution.

The RNA virus SARS-COV-2 that has led to the outbreak of the worst ever pandemic has one particular

enhanced virulence factor, the spike protein in the Receptor Binding Domain (RBD). We discuss its

evolution from earlier strains of respiratory infection causing viruses in terms of increased incubation

period and symptomatic width. We propose that any disease can be considered as an evolving conscious

organism having its own teleological evolutionary pathway, the pathogens, vectors and hosts being merely

the vehicles of its transmission, and not its causes. In this perspective even if it is the result of some sinister

design by genetic modification in laboratory, it still can be considered as its natural evolution only, in which

the scientists themselves became its extended evolution and transmission vehicles, which made it defy the

existing medical knowledge, methods, resources and efforts. In an expanded scheme the pathogens like

SARS COV-2 are to be considered as predator species for their human hosts. We conclude that only with

conscious awareness of expression of emotions keeping reasonable restrictions on oneself mankind can ever

hope to address such pandemics.

Asima Tripathy1, Rajat Kumar Pradhan2

1 Post Graduate Department of Zoology and Microbiology, 2Post Graduate Department of Physics, Bhadrak

Autonomous College, Bhadrak, Higher Education Department (Govt. of Odisha)