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Mutation Jun 15, 2020 19:54:29 GMT bbbearsmom and alias123 like this

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Post by fullmahina on Jun 15, 2020 19:54:29 GMT

This is not good.

"A marginal genetic mutation in the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 significantly increases the ability of the virus to infect cells, according to lab experiments carried out by Scripps Research."

www.jpost.com/health-science/mutated-coronavirus-strain-is-much-more-transmittable-study-shows-631373

"Viruses with this mutation were much more infectious than those without the mutation in the cell culture system we used," Scripps Research virologist Hyeryun Choe, who helped lead the study, said in a statement."

www.cnn.com/2020/06/12/health/coronavirus-mutations-scripps-gene/index.html

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Mutation Jun 15, 2020 20:51:48 GMT

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Post by lani on Jun 15, 2020 20:51:48 GMT

Boo-hiss. I hope the vaccine researchers are paying attention. This would be a good reason to not travel yet.

ETA: I looked at the actual Scripps report. The final sentence reads: "Further studies will be necessary to determine the impact of this change on the nature and severity of COVID-19".

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Mutation Jun 16, 2020 0:45:06 GMT

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Post by fullmahina on Jun 16, 2020 0:45:06 GMT

Jun 15, 2020 20:51:48 GMT lani said:

Boo-hiss. I hope the vaccine researchers are paying attention. This would be a good reason to not travel yet.

ETA: I looked at the actual Scripps report. The final sentence reads: "Further studies will be necessary to determine the impact of this change on the nature and severity of COVID-19".

It's under peer review, standard procedure, and yes further studies need to be done but it really is not a good thing.

We can only hope that the mutation is insignificant.

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Jennifer Fabled Member Posts: 1,777	Mutation Jun 16, 2020 0:59:30 GMT via mobile fullmahina likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Jennifer on Jun 16, 2020 0:59:30 GMT I read an article the other day that said this mutation happened when the virus came here back in January not that it has mutated recently.

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Post by lani on Jun 16, 2020 1:13:49 GMT

Jun 16, 2020 0:45:06 GMT fullmahina said:

it really is not a good thing.

Oh, I agree.

I was googling around and it does sound like this is the version of the virus the vaccine makers are working on. I think this mutation was first identified in March.

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Mutation Jun 16, 2020 12:05:19 GMT bbbearsmom, finreporter, and 1 more like this

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Post by fullmahina on Jun 16, 2020 12:05:19 GMT

Jun 16, 2020 0:59:30 GMT Jennifer said:

I read an article the other day that said this mutation happened when the virus came here back in January not that it has mutated recently.

"The variant with the mutation is now the dominant strain worldwide - in February, none of the sample viruses genetically sequenced by scientists globally were showing the mutation; by March, a quarter of samples were showing the change. By May, this number had grown to 70%."

And that's the issue, not necessarily that the mutation was discovered months ago. It's more virulent and it's becoming the dominant strain.

IMHO just another reason to continue being careful, despite what some politicians are pushing.

The good thing is that the vaccines they are working on seem to be effective on both strains of the virus.

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