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Omicron possibly more infectious because it shares genetic code with common cold coronavirus, study says
Washington Compost ^ | 12/04/2021 | Amy Cheng

Posted on 12/05/2021 7:53:10 AM PST by logi_cal869

The omicron variant is likely to have picked up genetic material from another virus that causes the common cold in humans, according to a new preliminary study, prompting one of its authors to suggest omicron could have greater transmissibility but lower virulence than other variants of the coronavirus.

Lock & Lock Easy Essentials Pantry Rectangular 16.5-Cup Food Storage Container, Multicolor Ad Kohl's Lock & Lock Easy Essentials Pantry Rectangular 16.5-Cup Food Storage Container, Multicolor Researchers from Nference, a Cambridge, Mass.-based firm that analyzes biomedical information, sequenced omicron and found a snippet of genetic code that is also present in a virus that can bring about a cold. They say this particular mutation could have occurred in a host simultaneously infected by SARS-CoV-2, also known as the novel coronavirus, and the HCoV-229E coronavirus, which can cause the common cold. The shared genetic code with HCoV-229E has not been detected in other novel coronavirus variants, the scientists said.

The study is in preprint and has not been peer-reviewed.

The “striking” similarity between omicron and HCoV-229E could have made the former “more accustomed to human hosts” and likely to evade some immune system responses, said Venky Soundararajan, a biological engineer who co-wrote the study.

“By virtue of omicron adopting this insertion … it is essentially taking a leaf out of the seasonal coronaviruses’ page, which [explains] … how it lives and transmits more efficiently with human beings,” he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: commoncold; coronavirus; learnhowtopost; omicron; viruscrisis
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To: Jim W N

ROFLMAO.

What are you drinking?

You would only know about Hitler to try to mock me with it had the lies been ‘repeated’ in your education, school or otherwise.

If you can’t view this post as ‘educational’ then I’ll not turn my back on you either.


41 posted on 12/05/2021 9:33:09 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: thinden

Consider this:

“Oops, we made a mistake: The vaccines have damaged the immunological & vascular systems of about half of recipients. There is no way to test for the damage in the absence of symptoms, but ‘studies’ suggest that isolation from infectious agents prevents illness & hospitalization (and deaths for some).”

Think about that for a moment.

“And, by the way, you can’t sue us.”

The CCP is laughing their asses off. Next chapter of their strategy forthcoming...

I’d just like to thank all of our domestic enemies for making it easy to identify them.


42 posted on 12/05/2021 9:39:48 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: MinorityRepublican
Montgomery County, MD is one of those places. I was just there for Thanksgiving.

I left it for Thanksgiving to a saner area for the country! Loved it.

43 posted on 12/05/2021 9:51:49 AM PST by lizma2
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To: logi_cal869
Lies are not educational. Omicron possibly more infectious because it shares genetic code with common cold coronavirus is presumptively a lie because the source is Leftist and this is about COVID.
44 posted on 12/05/2021 9:57:13 AM PST by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: logi_cal869

It’s cold and flu season. The media should be destroyed.


45 posted on 12/05/2021 10:17:30 AM PST by Trillian
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To: logi_cal869

According to a team of researchers based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Omicron variant of COVID-19 appears to share genetic code with the virus responsible for causing the common cold.

This, the researchers say, could explain why Omicron variant seems to spread easily with extremely mild symptoms.

The researchers are from Nference, a data analytics firm that originally found the genetic code and have now written a pre-print study that is currently awaiting peer review.

https://nationalfile.com/omicron-variant-shares-genetic-code-common-cold-researchers-say/


46 posted on 12/05/2021 10:22:49 AM PST by newfreep (“Leftism, under all of its brand names, is a severe, violent & evil mental disorder.”)
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To: Jim W N

- smh -


47 posted on 12/05/2021 11:01:56 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: logi_cal869

Oh noes! It’s just the common cold!


48 posted on 12/05/2021 11:15:12 AM PST by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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To: logi_cal869

In just a week, we know all this about the necro-Omnicron variant...


49 posted on 12/05/2021 11:17:48 AM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: logi_cal869

Think about that for a moment.

“And, by the way, you can’t sue us.”

The CCP is laughing their asses off. Next chapter of their strategy forthcoming...

I’d just like to thank all of our domestic enemies for making it easy to identify them.

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

plus, you can’t see our test trial information or “proprietary” ingredients for 55 years


50 posted on 12/05/2021 11:45:57 AM PST by thinden
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To: kiryandil

And citation of its ability to swap genetic material with another virus absent any link to the study or tangible research whatsoever.

I didn’t comment on that aspect because it was so blatant & pathetically desperate.

The mentality of those who support this never ceases to amaze me.


51 posted on 12/05/2021 11:47:34 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: logi_cal869

Omicron is an effing cold. Attempt not to panic.


52 posted on 12/05/2021 11:50:33 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: allendale

I said this from the start. There are no harsh symptoms of omicron. A handsome man with omicron should go kiss each granny in the senior homes to protect them against stronger Covids. This is the one to get.


53 posted on 12/05/2021 11:52:32 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: logi_cal869

Just a cold, bro.


54 posted on 12/05/2021 12:02:01 PM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12 )
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To: logi_cal869
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Would it hurt yo take a moment to edit out the advertisements before you click submit?

55 posted on 12/05/2021 12:12:29 PM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: thinden

If that’s not a blatant admission that it’s deadly and justifies a righteous response (shot for a shot), I don’t know what it takes (refer trucks full of body bags, I suppose, which is quite pathetic).


56 posted on 12/05/2021 12:29:36 PM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: higgmeister

CONGRATULATIONS!

You have won the ignoramus trolling award for the day.

I would like to personally thank you for informing everyone what irritates you.

My next 5 posts - regardless when or what they are - will include such text.

Just for you.

Maybe you ought to scroll through comments before going off half-cocked/Alec Baldwin next time...


57 posted on 12/05/2021 12:32:23 PM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: Jim W N
For the reasons given on Comment #8, I wish FReepers would quit posting this trash which at least puts doubts into many minds by just seeing the headline - tens towards demoralization of the troops.

Please clarify what you want not to be posted.   What do you feel is demoralizing of the troops?

58 posted on 12/05/2021 12:39:02 PM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: logi_cal869
The better response would have been, yes I should have deleted the words that interrupt and confuse the text of the article I posted.   I'll attempt to proofread and delete the extraneous garbage next time.   We are on this forum to communicate with each other.   You have a chance to improve with each cut-and-paste that you do.
59 posted on 12/05/2021 1:08:10 PM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: higgmeister

Sing after me:

“I WANNA BE ADMIN MOD-ERATOR,
Live the life of a dictator,

Admin moderator,
Life of dictator,

I wanna be an online curse,
Twitch around the twitterverse,

Online curse, twitterverse,
Admin moderator, life of dictator,

Second verse, same as the first:”

(NAGGmeister’s more like it)


60 posted on 12/05/2021 1:56:25 PM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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