[Oldeconomybuyer]

[Sacajaweau]

So much for a vaccine.

[Richard Kimball]

That was one busy little lab.

[DarthVader]

One characteristic of weaponization.

[kickstart]

Sounds like the common cold.

[ripnbang]

In before the “pearl clutchers”...

[RoseofTexas]

Notice that NONE ZERO ZIPPO of china officials have gotten sick...ZILCH!! This virus was intentionally and deliberately released on the globe..its called world dominance!! China wants to be the world’s ONLY POWER HOUSE and dominate the world! WAKE THE HELL UP AMERICA china has declared war on us!!

[ClearCase_guy]

Meanwhile, the milder strains were the predominant types found in parts of the United States, such as Washington state, the newspaper said.

I think an over-reaction was forced on us and as people start to realize that we trashed the economy over nothing, the news now has to come out that we just had "one of the milder strains".

In the era of Fake News, I believe nothing.

[exDemMom]

I would call the mutations "clades" and not "strains."

Virus mutation is common and inevitable. Even samples taken from a single patient can show genetic variability. Clinically, it does not have as much significance as it does epidemiologically. By tracing the various clades, the exact spread pattern of a virus can be traced.

For anyone interested in looking at the spread of various clades, I suggest this website: Genomic epidemiology of novel coronavirus - Global subsampling To nerds like myself, the phylogeny of the virus is fascinating.

[Sacajaweau]

https://apnews.com/4400fd5fb0f14a13bd528871cf82bcc4

[bert]

Dr Brix is now on the s$%^ list of many Freepers.
Yesterday several times she used the term “evolutionary biologists”. She is therefore never to be believed because she thinks evolution exists.

[txrefugee]

Shut Chinese virus research down. They are killing Western countries with this warfare.

[JonPreston]

Mutation makes complete sense and it could explain the weird flu-like symptoms many people (like me) experienced in October, November & December. The late 2019 version mutated into the more virulent 2020 NYC strain.

[null and void]

Transration: Our superbug wasn't quite as super as we had hoped.

Subtext: We managed to kirr 21,000,000 of our own, before it mutated into ress virurent strains.

Sub-subtext: Next time we don't ret it escape here, we deriberatrry rerease it when and where we wish, and ret it mutate to ress virurent by the time it gets back to us...

Bring Out Your Dead

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

The false positive rate was 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

If a quarantine saves just one child's or one old fart’s life, it's worth it.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Is that unusual?

There have been other coronaviruses.
What is a typical number of mutations for those?

[Fresh Wind]

The researchers said the findings indicate "the true diversity of the viral strains is still largely underappreciated"

The communists and their fellow travelers definitely appreciate this kind of diversity.

[vetvetdoug]

I keep stating ad nauseum that Coronaviruses mutate so often that making a vaccine is an effort with little potential for a successful outcome. Even with all of the virological technology veterinarians have not been able to make an effective vaccine against the feline, porcine, and canine coronaviruses. And if you wish to consider, the CDC had to acquire veterinary virologists to help them with research on Coronaviruses because seventeen years ago there was not one human physician or virologist studying Coronaviruses. In my humble opinion making a vaccine effective for COVID-19/Wuhan Virus is analogous to nailing jello to the wall.

[wastedyears]

Sounds like a bio-weapon to me.

[cowboyusa]

“Mutated.”