09-29-2020, 03:42 PM
New coronavirus mutation could be evolving to get around mask-wearing and hand-washing – ‘virus mutation’ so predictable that I did predict it. So bloody transparent it’s pathetic
Covid-19 may have become more contagious as it has mutated, the largest genetic study carried out in the US into the virus has suggested, as scientists warn it could be adapting to interventions such as mask-wearing and social distancing.
One variant of the novel coronavirus is now one of the most dominant in America, accounting for 99.9 per cent of cases in one area studied.
The paper concluded that a mutation that changes the structure of the “spike protein” on the surface of the virus may be driving the outsized spread of that particular strain.
Researchers have been sequencing the genomes of the coronavirus at Houston Methodist, one of the largest hospitals in Texas, since early March, when the virus first appeared in the city. To date, they have documented 5,085 sequences.
Read more: New coronavirus mutation could be evolving to get around mask-wearing and hand-washing – ‘virus mutation’ so predictable that I did predict it. So bloody transparent it’s pathetic
Covid-19 may have become more contagious as it has mutated, the largest genetic study carried out in the US into the virus has suggested, as scientists warn it could be adapting to interventions such as mask-wearing and social distancing.
One variant of the novel coronavirus is now one of the most dominant in America, accounting for 99.9 per cent of cases in one area studied.
The paper concluded that a mutation that changes the structure of the “spike protein” on the surface of the virus may be driving the outsized spread of that particular strain.
Researchers have been sequencing the genomes of the coronavirus at Houston Methodist, one of the largest hospitals in Texas, since early March, when the virus first appeared in the city. To date, they have documented 5,085 sequences.
Read more: New coronavirus mutation could be evolving to get around mask-wearing and hand-washing – ‘virus mutation’ so predictable that I did predict it. So bloody transparent it’s pathetic