| A new covid strain found in Bavaria on 08:20 - Jan 19 with 612 views | Guthrum |
It should be remembered that every single iteration of the virus will be slightly different. There will be changes to the genetic code each time it is transmitted between hosts.
It's just that the vast majority of those variations will have no effect upon the three vital axes - infectiousness, symptoms and mortality. But, on the other hand, when you have millions of people with the disease, that increases the overall chance of a significant mutation taking place and being passed on. |  |
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| A new covid strain found in Bavaria on 08:42 - Jan 19 with 549 views | StokieBlue |
| A new covid strain found in Bavaria on 08:20 - Jan 19 by Guthrum |
It should be remembered that every single iteration of the virus will be slightly different. There will be changes to the genetic code each time it is transmitted between hosts.
It's just that the vast majority of those variations will have no effect upon the three vital axes - infectiousness, symptoms and mortality. But, on the other hand, when you have millions of people with the disease, that increases the overall chance of a significant mutation taking place and being passed on. |
I listened to an interesting podcast the other day which was reporting on some studies trying to explain why we are seeing so many large mutations at once (23 significant mutations for the UK variant I believe).
The studies were hypothesising that because patients get a good level of care many very ill patients can end up living with the virus for many months and that gives the virus inside the body a lot more time to make numerous incremental random mutations until it hits upon a combination that is superior to the initial infection.
I've not looked for the original source studies but it's an interesting hypothesis.
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| A new covid strain found in Bavaria on 08:44 - Jan 19 with 536 views | Chrisd |
Aren’t we ultimately going to end up with 195 strains of the virus? |  |
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| A new covid strain found in Bavaria on 09:34 - Jan 19 with 488 views | Keno |
| A new covid strain found in Bavaria on 08:42 - Jan 19 by StokieBlue |
I listened to an interesting podcast the other day which was reporting on some studies trying to explain why we are seeing so many large mutations at once (23 significant mutations for the UK variant I believe).
The studies were hypothesising that because patients get a good level of care many very ill patients can end up living with the virus for many months and that gives the virus inside the body a lot more time to make numerous incremental random mutations until it hits upon a combination that is superior to the initial infection.
I've not looked for the original source studies but it's an interesting hypothesis.
SB |
If you need a living study on mutants just walk round Norwich |  |
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