Welcome to the fray Kramer
The Theory of Evolution does not provide any information to scientists concerning what will or what won't mutate in a specific virus, gene, etc.
Of course not. Mutations are not predictable.
Does this mean that evolution is useless? Not at all. Does this mean that evolution is invalid? Not at all.
Beyond that, there is no utility to the theory when developing vaccines.
We do know that it will be substantially the same and that certain proteins will be similar. This is because evolution predicts that the new variety will be a daughter of the previous one. Thus you know where to start with making a vaccine for a new variety of a virus rather than starting from scratch.
Of course the alternative is ... what? Prayer? Based on scientific studies this is remarkably ineffective.
Alternatively the theory of woo predicts that you know of no way to prevent it as it is visited on you by the great woo himself and you need to make your prayers to the lesser gods ralph and earl at the porcelain altar.
Your point is?
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