SARS-CoV-2 mutates more slowly than influenza but faster than measles, with mutations primarily aimed at increasing contagiousness.

“this virus also at the stars cov2 virus also a single stranded RNA virus and also does mutate but much more slowly actually than than influenza and in many ways um in a manner that that is is between those two uh between say measles and influenza so it does mutate um and it does um all for the purpose primarily becoming more contagious”