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The six strains of SARS-CoV-2
Phys.org ^ | 08/03/2020 | University of Bologna

Posted on 08/03/2020 5:35:48 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Currently, there are six strains of coronavirus. The original one is the L strain, that appeared in Wuhan in December 2019. Its first mutation—the S strain—appeared at the beginning of 2020, while, since mid-January 2020, we have had strains V and G. To date strain G is the most widespread: it mutated into strains GR and GH at the end of February 2020.

"Strain G and its related strains GR and GH are by far the most widespread, representing 74% of all gene sequences we analyzed," says Giorgi. "They present four mutations, two of which are able to change the sequence of the RNA polymerase and Spike proteins of the virus. This characteristic probably facilitates the spread of the virus."

If we look at the coronavirus map, we can see that strains G and GR are the most frequent across Europe and Italy. According to the available data, GH strain seems close to non-existence in Italy, while it occurs more frequently in France and Germany. This seems to confirm the effectiveness of last months' containment methods.

In North America, the most widespread strain is GH, while in South America we find the GR strain more frequently. In Asia, where the Wuhan L strain initially appeared, the spread of strains G, GH and GR is increasing. These strains landed in Asia only at the beginning of March, more than a month after their spread in Europe.

Globally, strains G, GH and GR are constantly increasing. Strain S can be found in some restricted areas in the U.S. and Spain. The L and V strains are gradually disappearing.

Besides these six main coronavirus strains, researchers identified some infrequent mutations, that, at the moment, are not worrying but should nevertheless be monitored.


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TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: chinesevirus; coronavirus; covid19; disease; pandemic; sarscov2; strains; wuhanflu
"The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is presumably already optimized to affect human beings..."

Huh.

1 posted on 08/03/2020 5:35:48 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Will make it hard to make a vaccine.


2 posted on 08/03/2020 5:38:22 PM PDT by grumpa
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To: BenLurkin

“The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is presumably already optimized to affect human beings...”

Who did the modifying or selection? Nature, God or the ChiComs?


3 posted on 08/03/2020 5:38:50 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Does anyone know of any Democrat, who does the right thing for America/Americans today?)
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To: BenLurkin

You know ‘fauchi’.... ‘gain of function’ ‘screw the human race’

Optimized.


4 posted on 08/03/2020 5:39:45 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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To: Grampa Dave

My bet is on the ChiComs, but even if that it the case it will never be known.


5 posted on 08/03/2020 5:40:57 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

ping


6 posted on 08/03/2020 5:52:28 PM PDT by zeestephen
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To: grumpa

Will make it hard to make a vaccine.
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In all crisis there is a silver lining. The Communists released the Covid-19 on humanity and Trump gave us the cure. Now Big Parma, Gates, and the Communists are pissed. Not only is HCQ + zinc the silver bullet for treating HCQ, it doesn’t care what RNA virus is in the body because it destroys them all. Now, there is no need for future ‘flu’ vaccines. The Trump boomerang has returned to whack the diabolical bastard square between the eyes. Take that Gates, Fauci, FDA, and all you SOB scumbags out there!


7 posted on 08/03/2020 5:53:47 PM PDT by iontheball
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To: BenLurkin

What about the BS strain?


8 posted on 08/03/2020 5:56:18 PM PDT by fwdude (Pass up too many hills to die on, and youÂ’ll eventually fall in to some ocean and die anyway.)
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To: fwdude

You’re only saying that because this study is from the University of Bologna.


9 posted on 08/03/2020 5:59:53 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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I just found out my cousin, who we thought had had a stroke since he lost vision and had other neurological issues, was told by the doctors he had two strains of covid. It took seven days for his vision to return and has had an episode of complete paralyses since, while working outside. During this episode, his eyes were open and he could hear people talking to him, but he was unable to either move or respond. Just the flu - I don’t think so.


10 posted on 08/03/2020 6:10:25 PM PDT by amorphous
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Prayers for your cousin


11 posted on 08/03/2020 6:16:42 PM PDT by 11th_VA (May you live in interesting times - Ancient Chinese Proverb)
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To: grumpa

Probably why there is zero coronavirus vaccines in the history of man.


12 posted on 08/03/2020 6:18:33 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: amorphous

N=1 is meaningless.


13 posted on 08/03/2020 6:19:51 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: 11th_VA

Thanks! My cousin just recently (last day or two) returned to work. His wife had it to. She caught it, along with about 30 other members, from the music director at their small church. The wuhan flu is still raging and dangerous. I know of another man and wife in our area who both died from it within days of each other. I have a niece who almost died from it and we have another relation, a young man who lives on the Navajo reservation, who even now had to be intubated because of it.


14 posted on 08/03/2020 6:30:53 PM PDT by amorphous
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To: iontheball

AMEN to everything you said!!

Will make it hard to make a vaccine.
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In all crisis there is a silver lining. The Communists released the Covid-19 on humanity and Trump gave us the cure. Now Big Parma, Gates, and the Communists are pissed. Not only is HCQ + zinc the silver bullet for treating HCQ, it doesn’t care what RNA virus is in the body because it destroys them all. Now, there is no need for future ‘flu’ vaccines. The Trump boomerang has returned to whack the diabolical bastard square between the eyes. Take that Gates, Fauci, FDA, and all you SOB scumbags out there!


15 posted on 08/03/2020 9:17:55 PM PDT by blackpacific
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To: BenLurkin

Thanks for posting. This is really interesting.

I wonder if the human body manufactures a distinct antibody for each strain?

As to the origin of CV-19, apparently the Chinese are still searching for Patient Zero and the COVID bats.


16 posted on 08/04/2020 3:23:47 AM PDT by zeestephen
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