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To: LilFarmer

So maybe we need TWO tests...

CHINA - Coronavirus update: Is COVID-19 has different strains? Scientists ‘yes’
3 min read . Updated: 04 Mar 2020, 06:15 PM IST Andrew Galbraith , David Stanway , Reuters

Scientists say the preliminary study found that a more aggressive type of the coronavirus associated with the disease outbreak in Wuhan accounted for about 70% of analysed strains, while 30% was linked to a less aggressive type

SHANGHAI : Scientists in China studying the coronavirus outbreak said they had found two main types of the disease could be causing infections.

The researchers, from Peking University’s School of Life Sciences and the Institut Pasteur of Shanghai under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, cautioned that their analysis examined a limited range of data, and said follow-up studies of larger data sets are needed to better understand the virus’s evolution.

The preliminary study found that a more aggressive type of the new coronavirus associated with the disease outbreak in Wuhan accounted for about 70% of analysed strains, while 30% was linked to a less aggressive type.

The prevalence of the more aggressive virus decreased after early January 2020, they said.

https://www.livemint.com/news/world/coronavirus-update-is-covid-19-has-different-strains-scientists-yes-11583324708824.html


529 posted on 03/04/2020 6:35:42 AM PST by LilFarmer
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To: LilFarmer

WTH...

Thanks for posting this.


544 posted on 03/04/2020 6:49:41 AM PST by SE Mom (Screaming Eagle mom)
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To: LilFarmer

Scientists say the preliminary study found that a more aggressive type of the coronavirus associated with the disease outbreak in Wuhan accounted for about 70% of analysed strains, while 30% was linked to a less aggressive type


This may be part of the reason why Wuhan get hit the hardest

there were “debunked” rumors going around that each generation is less aggressive....but this study may back that up

Likely a natural mutation but wild speculation here:

but lets say Taiwan was Wuhan...A very aggressive new virus suddenly appears and causes total chaos and many deaths....society breaks down over time..eventually China sends “help”...then more and more “help” (as in troops) but it doesn’t infect the Chinese nearly as much because at that point it’s “weaker”...


572 posted on 03/04/2020 7:21:05 AM PST by janetjanet998
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