40 mutations do not equal 40 strains thankfully ;) as the guys in the article say, the majority of mutations are not of medical importance and are mostly useful to trace the geographical origin of that particular sampled virus.They tested everyone in Iceland and discovered 40 different strains of the virus. This could mean rapid virus mutation and could indicate that the chance of finding a vaccine are non existant.
https://mol.im/a/8146565
Dr Derek Gatherer, an infectious disease specialist at Lancaster University, admitted he was not surprised with the findings.
He said: 'This is much as we would expect. All viruses accumulate mutations, but few of them are of much medical consequence.
'They are valuable in tracing the origins of infection chains. It looks like Iceland has imported quite a few infections from other European countries.'
Allan Randrup Thomsen, a virologist from the Department of Immunology and Microbiology at the University of Copenhagen, said the results described by the team 'make good sense'.
Professor Thomsen said: 'It is interesting with the 40 specific variants that fall into three clusters that can be traced back to specific sources of infection.'
Really? I didn't know that. Could you link an article, I'm actually curious.As am I. Viking genetic heritage.
As a veggie i would say none but if humans insist on eating meat then keep it to animals that are familar,commonly farmed and killed and eaten hygieniclyWhat animals do we need to eat?
never heard about it before, tbh, but I'd not bet it won't mutate and start being able to fuck us up further.
scientist around the world have said it was not a human invention by some mad scientist in chinaCould that just be a story the Chinese want the world to believe
Most of the population hasn't lived under fascism and half of those who had were against it.Spain isn't that far out of facism, they're used to being told what to do. Thankfully the youth have also got on board. I went to the supermarket today for the first time in 13 days and it was a joy. Nearly brought a tear to my eye to see how respectful everyone was. Gloves were obligatory and 75% of the people had masks on.
not 100% kaz but not sur the eating was the cause, the animals captive had low immune systems due to being caged and the virus jumped between them creating what we have now,that could have been picked up by human contact or touching body fluids then touching the mouthIt was because human killed and ate animals they had no need to eat,the chinese and obsession with eating weird things in unhygenic conditions passed this to the world
I'm a carnivore but always find it tricky that we say these things come from eating things we shouldn't. Is there a scientific reason that hygienically prepared dog is in any way worse than hygienically prepared beef? Is it purely hygiene or is there something inherently, medically "wrong" with eating things like cats, dogs, bats etc?As a veggie i would say none but if humans insist on eating meat then keep it to animals that are familar,commonly farmed and killed and eaten hygienicly
Could that just be a story the Chinese want the world to believe
That seems a reasonable idea,keeping and eating them was the cause thoughnot 100% kaz but not sur the eating was the cause, the animals captive had low immune systems due to being caged and the virus jumped between them creating what we have now,that could have been picked up by human contact or touching body fluids then touching the mouth