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by Izkata
2145 days ago
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> Edit3: "There different strains" is not true. They are different isolates, where the completely minor differences exist, but for all it is known, until somebody proves otherwise, and nobody has, there is still just a single "strain" of SARS-CoV-2. A month or so ago, there was a research paper (admittedly an unreviewed preprint) that suggested there are different strains circulating in the US - the part I remember is that the New York City and Chicago strains did indeed act slightly but measurably differently. I think there was a third as well. |
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As Dr. Fauci would say, it doesn't matter, even if it were a peer reviewed it can still be bad. (1)
There are a lot of bad studies, especially on the "preprint servers" that in more quiet times would not appear at all, or which nobody would take a bit serious. Now there is a lot of wishful thinking or bias involved even in their perception.
The scientific process doesn't protect anybody from some studies simply being bad, the process is there that eventually the bad ones are going to not be reconfirmed, and the really good ones are those that have many confirmations and have even the power to make new predictions, that remain true.
There are known issues with these studies claiming different "strains" too easily.
1) https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/dr-fauci-hydroxychloroq...