Loading ...Mutated COVID-19 Viral Strain in U.S. and Europe 10 Times More Contagious than Original Strain
“The epidemiological study and our data together really explain why the [G variant’s] spread in Europe and the US was really fast. … This is not just accidental.”
The idea that mutations are mostly harmless and cause no change in infectiousness seems to be at odds with the discovery of D614G, which may lead many to wonder why the coronavirus “so quickly overwhelmed” Italy and New York unlike it did San Francisco and Washington at the beginning of the year, the Scripps researchers said.
“This virus isn’t going to [change] because people are or are not wearing masks or because countries are open to international travel or closed, but rather the more times a virus moves between different hosts,” Rusk told McClatchy News.
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Interesting PK
I agree ..it’s a joke to think you can “control” a virus
It’s like the proverbial herding cats.
We now know it is NOT as lethal as first thought
It is still a serious concern but so are Flu and Ebola and Aids and Tuberculosis and Malaria and West Nile and Lyme disease a lot of other beasties.
Can’t lockdown and disinfect everything .
Gotta live with these things
Must get back to focusing on life ..not death.