May 5, 2020
4 AM
Scientists have identified a new strain of the coronavirus that has become dominant worldwide and appears to be more contagious than the versions that spread in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study led by scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
The new strain appeared in February in Europe, migrated quickly to the East Coast of the United States and has been the dominant strain across the world since mid-March, the scientists wrote.
In addition to spreading faster, it may make people vulnerable to a second infection after a first bout with the disease, the report warned.
The 33-page report was posted Thursday on BioRxiv, a website that researchers use to share their work before it is peer reviewed, an effort to speed up collaborations with scientists working on COVID-19 vaccines or treatments. That research has been largely based on the genetic sequence of earlier strains and might not be effective against the new one.
We could be in big trouble! those infected may not offer herd immunity.
And a vaccine may not be as effective as hoped!
Read the full article here:
A mutation in the novel coronavirus has led to a new strain viewed as more contagious than the virus that emerged from China, according to a new study.
www.latimes.com
Been hearing this for weeks. Just another sign of trumps mishandling closing down incoming corona traffic. Did not read your link yet as had heard, but have also heard this is the strain that had such devastating effect on Italy. If it is the same, it accounts for the devastating effect on east coast, but since most severe and highest number of cases has been on east coast, hopefully this is where the herd immunity may come from. Doubt I postulated anything that hasn't occurred to you, as you seem to often be ahead on your reading sources.
There is no such thing as mishandling anything with this virus Putzy. You're talking as if it can be stopped....it cannot be stopped. It will run though the entire world population at some point and then maybe two or three times more.
You will be singing politics out your ass right up till the time you croak in your bedroom from virulent pneumatic symptoms swearing up and down that it has to do with an election or with Russian collusion......
JO
Not me. I always knew your collusion crap was just misdirection. I knew it could not be stopped after the haf-assed job trump did with stopping inbound flights. Doubt if I get it, unless that was what I got in February, flying to ski vacation. Was nasty trying to ski and sleep above 10,000 ft. Three of us developed some time of flu while there and all lived through it, before there was testing available, but all were in excellent physical condition, X-military or active military having been vaccinated extensively and repeatedly for a wide variety of things, due to overseas assignment. Thanks for paying us to stay in shape!