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This will be more hype over nothing.Fear mongers even have already given this new variant a 'Transformer' like name in calling it OMICRON!
The virus does not determine when alpha becomes delta nor when one mutation is really two mutations. Someone makes a decision based on a set of rules which everyone may not be in agreement. We like to think of scientific data as absolute like mathematics but it isn't. It is always subject to change and exactly what the data is and exactly what it means is always subject to discussion. For the laymen, it is consensus that is important. This is both the ugliness and the beauty science.Thank you for the source. From your source:
“This estimated rate of evolution matches the number of mutations observed in variants present today, about a year after the onset of the pandemic, most of which contain about 20 to 30 mutations. The extreme examples in terms of number of mutations, of variants such as B.1.1.7, accumulated closer to 40 mutations compared to the first strains isolated.”
Are the 40 mutations confirmed or an estimated rate? Thanks
The virus determines its mutations.The virus does not determine when alpha becomes delta nor when one mutation is really two mutations. Someone makes a decision based on a set of rules which everyone may not be in agreement. We like to think of scientific data as absolute like mathematics but it isn't. It is always subject to change and exactly what the data is and exactly what it means is always subject to discussion. For the laymen, it is consensus that is important. This is both the ugliness and the beauty science.
I would add a relatively recent layer to what constitutes the average laymen. Taking out extremes from both ends, uninformed by choice on one end and quest for untainted knowledge non-stop individuals, the average voter is becoming more interested in factual info when it comes to personal health decisions.The virus does not determine when alpha becomes delta nor when one mutation is really two mutations. Someone makes a decision based on a set of rules which everyone may not be in agreement. We like to think of scientific data as absolute like mathematics but it isn't. It is always subject to change and exactly what the data is and exactly what it means is always subject to discussion. For the laymen, it is consensus that is important. This is both the ugliness and the beauty science.
It MIGHT not be dangerous as well.
They mutate out of existence. Poor Dimm's.
There is certainly some truth here. We tend to think mutations as some terrible but in fact it is just a change which may help the virus to break into cells or replicant or it may do the opposite or it may do nothing. However, I doubt this virus actually will mutate out of existence since mutations are random.They mutate out of existence. Poor Dimm's.
There is certainly some truth here. We tend to think mutations as some terrible but in fact it is just a change which may help the virus to break into cells or replicant or it may do the opposite or it may do nothing. However, I doubt this virus actually will mutate out of existence since mutations are random.
The virus determines its mutations.
Cha ching, Cha ching goes Fauci's bank account. I bet that rascal is smiling like a mule eating briar's. He said long ago that a pandemic would be great, well he got his wish, and even more so.Yes, about two weeks. It was in news a few days ago so we should know in about 10 days how effective the current vaccines are. It seems likely that after 40 mutations of spike protein, we are going to need updates to all the vaccines if the transmission rate is as high as has been reported. That too, we will know soon.
When I say layman, I'm speaking of a person that simply can not understand the science enough to make an informed decision without years of study. They may well be able to understand those that have read the abstracts of consensus of opinion of the pure research and summarized it such that the laymen can understand it. This is what most people read or the media who puts it in even more readable terms.A
I would add a relatively recent layer to what constitutes the average laymen. Taking out extremes from both ends, uninformed by choice on one end and quest for untainted knowledge non-stop individuals, the average voter is becoming more interested in factual info when it comes to personal health decisions.
Not long ago, it was more about the regular layperson quoting their doctors, their specialists, and not doing anything without their specialist’s or doctor’s advice. Because of the access all laymen have now to medical journal entries shortly after submission, times they are a changing! No longer will a patient go to their doctor and only have to accept one diagnosis. No longer do people have to stop on just obtaining 2 expert opinions when they can fully research specific cases and outcomes. The info is there, and it only takes the drive and effort to obtain it.
Link. I doubt Fauci said that. If so, it was probably taken out of context. Fauci is not stupid.Cha ching, Cha ching goes Fauci's bank account. I bet that rascal is smiling like a mule eating briar's. He said long ago that a pandemic would be great, well he got his wish, and even more so.
As someone who works in healthcare, I can confidently say that 99% of patients are completely incapable of researching anything online to any sort of scientific standard.A
I would add a relatively recent layer to what constitutes the average laymen. Taking out extremes from both ends, uninformed by choice on one end and quest for untainted knowledge non-stop individuals, the average voter is becoming more interested in factual info when it comes to personal health decisions.
Not long ago, it was more about the regular layperson quoting their doctors, their specialists, and not doing anything without their specialist’s or doctor’s advice. Because of the access all laymen have now to medical journal entries shortly after submission, times they are a changing! No longer will a patient go to their doctor and only have to accept one diagnosis. No longer do people have to stop on just obtaining 2 expert opinions when they can fully research specific cases and outcomes. The info is there, and it only takes the drive and effort to obtain it.
"Opinions are not based on fact."Does not have to be. Yes or no?