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Monkeypox mutates at unprecedented rate with ‘accelerated evolution,’ study finds
N Y Post ^ | June 24, 2022 | Nika Shakhnazarova

Posted on 06/24/2022 6:34:34 PM PDT by BenLurkin

In the study, a group of Portuguese researchers analyzed the first monkeypox sequence publicly released on May 20, along with 14 additional sequences released before May 27.

Researchers discovered around 50 genetic variations in the viruses, a figure six to 12 times higher than previous studies of other orthopoxviruses, a family of viruses to which monkeypox belongs.

The study said the mutation rate may suggest a case of “accelerated evolution.”

Monkeypox can infect anyone, but a number of the cases in the US and Europe have been found in gay men, leading health officials to push to raise awareness in the community even as tests remain scarce and only people who meet strict criteria like having lesions can even get tested.

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1 posted on 06/24/2022 6:34:34 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Of course it does. (Sarc)


2 posted on 06/24/2022 6:36:05 PM PDT by Jonty30 (I would sell my family for a billion dollars and then buy them back when go on clearance.)
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To: BenLurkin

Mixing your dna in an anus has its effects.


3 posted on 06/24/2022 6:36:15 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: BenLurkin

It can’t affect anybody, because not everybody is willing to form a single gender beast with two backs.


4 posted on 06/24/2022 6:36:45 PM PDT by Jonty30 (I would sell my family for a billion dollars and then buy them back when go on clearance.)
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To: BenLurkin

Another designer virus being credited to accelerated evolution.


5 posted on 06/24/2022 6:36:50 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Jonty30

Out of control government likes being out of control.


6 posted on 06/24/2022 6:37:17 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: Jonty30

Weekly boosters, coming right up!


7 posted on 06/24/2022 6:37:32 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (Wanting to make America great isn’t an insult unless you’re trying to make it worse! ULTRAMAGA!!)
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is everybody gonna get monkeybutt pox like everybody got AIDS?


8 posted on 06/24/2022 6:38:35 PM PDT by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: BenLurkin

Avoid butt sex with homosexual men and we’ll all be fine.


9 posted on 06/24/2022 6:39:47 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Sodomy is nothing to be proud of.)
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To: BenLurkin

“accelerated evolution.”


Is that anything like “gain of function”?


10 posted on 06/24/2022 6:40:08 PM PDT by Ken H (Trump /DeSantis)
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To: Ken H

Sure sounds like it.


11 posted on 06/24/2022 6:40:40 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

I, for one, have decided to not rub up against any gay guys with oozing pustules.


12 posted on 06/24/2022 6:42:20 PM PDT by The Duke (Search for 'Sydney Ducks' and understand what is needed.)
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To: BenLurkin

When I need to know the pure, unvarnished truth, I always turn to “Portuguese researchers.”


13 posted on 06/24/2022 6:43:00 PM PDT by JennysCool ("It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." - Mark Twain)
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To: BenLurkin

Because our labs designed it that way...


14 posted on 06/24/2022 6:43:53 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: BenLurkin
More fud for Americans. We need more fud out there.


15 posted on 06/24/2022 6:43:53 PM PDT by Theoria
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To: BenLurkin

Too bad for the homos. But, we’ll probably be fed non-stop propaganda about how “anybody” can get monkeypox and how it’s a world wide crisis requiring billions of dollars in taxpayer funding. Just like with the AIDS “crisis” in the 80s. Just think if all that money had been poured into Cancer research instead of funding people putting their junk in other people’s butts.


16 posted on 06/24/2022 6:44:44 PM PDT by imabadboy99
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To: BenLurkin

How many plagues have to be set upon the world before it is declared “End of Days”?

Asking for a friend.


17 posted on 06/24/2022 6:44:49 PM PDT by RedMonqey
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To: BenLurkin

Encourage faggotry and reap the consequences 🤪


18 posted on 06/24/2022 6:44:59 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: BenLurkin

This one is just not catching on. They would have more success with another COVID-19 variant.


19 posted on 06/24/2022 6:45:31 PM PDT by cdcdawg (Black Ukrainian Coronavirus Vaccine Abortions Matter. It’s called democracy, folks. It’s who we are.)
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To: BenLurkin

Who knew the simple butt could do such a thing?


20 posted on 06/24/2022 6:46:38 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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