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PUBLISHED TUE, MAY 5 20201:16
The coronavirus that emerged in Wuhan, China, over four months ago has since mutated and the new, dominant strain spreading across the U.S. appears to be even more contagious, according to a new study.
The new strain began spreading in Europe in early February before migrating to other parts of the world, including the United States and Canada, becoming the dominant form of the virus across the globe by the end of March, researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory wrote in a 33-page report published Thursday on BioRxiv.
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The Los Alamos researchers, with the help of scientists at Duke University and the University of Sheffield in England, were able to analyze thousands of coronavirus sequences collected by the Global Initiative for Sharing All Influenza, an organization that promotes the rapid sharing of data from all influenza viruses and the coronavirus.
To date, the researchers have identified 14 mutations.
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Fiendish Thingy
(15,686 posts)This study has not been peer reviewed and cant be considered as scientific evidence.
LiberalArkie
(15,730 posts)place.
Edited to add: Still nothing on Forbes, they must not be out of their bunkers yet.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Thanks for posting Liberal!
Fiendish Thingy
(15,686 posts)Link to tweet
Link to tweet
?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1257716431082278912&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailykos.com%2Fstory%2F2020%2F5%2F5%2F1942780%2F-Sars-cov-2-like-other-viruses-mutates-often-and-the-alarmist-story-on-the-rec-list-is-irresponsible
stopdiggin
(11,387 posts)And like you said, already 5 or 6 strings on this "new" headline? Is there some reason we're pushing this story? Hmmm?
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)Try to stay safe my friends. It isn't going to be easy in some places.
LiberalArkie
(15,730 posts)ucrdem
(15,512 posts)Lightening pension liabilities maybe, or reducing welfare rolls. Because this insane response seems like an invitation for catastrophe.
frazzled
(18,402 posts)that claimed the complete opposite: studies showing that the virus was weakening?
This is why I am pretty much ignoring the daily doses of corona news. Nobody knows anything conclusive. I'm just staying inside and washing my hands (and clothes and countertops and anything else I can find) for the next who knows when.
LiberalArkie
(15,730 posts)stopdiggin
(11,387 posts)is any more infectious .. or deadly. You're being wise with your wait and see approach.
Jersey Devil
(9,875 posts)I think it was CNN
jcgoldie
(11,655 posts)... its not the opposite of more contagious. In fact if less people die then it probably becomes more contagious by virtue of not killing its hosts.
JCMach1
(27,579 posts)This is mutating, not the overblown headline
stopdiggin
(11,387 posts)and other studies have actually identified more mutations in this one .. without the alarmist bent.
LiberalArkie
(15,730 posts)hair on fire panic?
stopdiggin
(11,387 posts)and, for my part, 3000 a day by June is pretty "on fire"
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JCMach1
(27,579 posts)Mutation at all. Ummmm this confirms it's proceeding apace
procon
(15,805 posts)for scientists to develop a vaccine with a virus like this. Testing it to determine if it is effective against one single strain would have been hard enough but how to They include 14 mutations?
That stupid Trump needs to shut up about a street ready vaccine within a couple of months. It's not going to happen, never was, but especially not after this new development.
Shermann
(7,455 posts)How can we possibly compare the contagiousness of two strains accurately?
jimlup
(7,968 posts)we're phasing out the shutdown.
Fools, I've never seen such fools. We need a vaccine but all the wishful thinking and thrown money by Trump's clan isn't going to make it real.