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by kurthr
2234 days ago
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Indeed, and you can see on nexstrain (The green RNA region labeled S) that there has been a very prolific functional mutation to the Spike Protein RNA. It is possible that the rapid growth of that strain (in Europe and NY) is due to either a founders effect or higher transmissibility (researchers do not see higher mortality, but may see higher viral load). There are possibilities that it changes the effectiveness of immune response, but it’s all under active research. The outcomes are very significant and unknown. Making broad fairly pedantic statements as the OP has, is unhelpful to understanding. https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2020/05/07/mu... |
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