You're heard of "COVID spikes"?
I'm here to introduce the "COVID hammer". It's the next iteration of COVID weapons to be introduced into our bodies to kill us.
I am making this up but I'm certain it's a possibility, so bear with me.
The COVID spike can jam itself into a cell and open it up. But it just randomly wanders into cells. It can be made better.
Similar to how your Xbox controller can be made to vibrate, the interior of the virus can have a "hammering" effect, pulling the spike inside it slightly, and then snapping the spike out, hammering it into the cell's wall.
This gives an increased 45% attachment rate, for only a 19% increase in energy expenditure.
Next up: the "COVID sickle." For sickle cells! These people are sickle. Sick-el.