Posted on 05/05/2020 7:07:09 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
A new coronavirus mutation discovered by Arizona researchers mirrors a change that occurred as the 2003 SARS virus began to weaken, the researchers announced.
Lead study author Dr. Efrem Lim, an assistant professor at Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute, and his team use a new technology called next-generation sequencing to rapidly read through all 30,000 chemical letters of the SARS-CoV-2 genome, or genetic code.
That technology helps researchers determine how the virus is spreading, mutating and adapting over time.
Out of the 382 nasal swab samples the researchers examined from coronavirus patients in the state, a single sample was missing a significant chunk of its genome. Eighty-one of the letters were permanently deleted, according to the new study published in the Journal of Virology.
“One of the reasons why this mutation is of interest is because it mirrors a large deletion that arose in the 2003 SARS outbreak,” Lim said in a statement.
During the middle and late phases of the 2003 SARS epidemic, the virus accumulated mutations that lessened its strength, according to the researchers.
“Where the deletion occurs in the genome is pretty meaningful because it’s a known immune protein which means it counteracts the host’s antiviral response,” Lim told the Daily Mail.
A weakened virus that causes less severe symptoms may get a leg up if it is able to spread efficiently through populations by people who don’t know they are infected, the scientists say.
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Mark
That would be fantastic!
Dear Lord, please let this beast burn itself right out.
This subject is being discussed right now on the Ingraham show. The Virologist said, quote, “this is virus 101”. He said this is common with virus’ and the doom of repeated seasonal recurrence of the virus at this level of toxicity has no basis in Viral Science.
Also, the two Virologists spoke to the efficacy and safety of HCQ and that there is no basis for the fearmongering concerning this drug in use for more than 50 years.
The Fearmongerer’s memes are collapsing. The truth is slowly gaining traction.
It will burn itself out. The trillion dollar question is when.
Would this be a single strain among others? That is, is it like a one off in one location? My understanding is that with any virus there are multiple strains.
Single strain in Arizona which comes from the dominant strain in Europe which spread on the east coast of U.S.
We “Fearpers” will be first in line to celebrate if the weakening is true.
But this time they need to complete the vaccine because this is the third time we’ve been through this. It’s bound to happen again.
“Single strain in Arizona which comes from the dominant strain in Europe which spread on the east coast of U.S.”
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Thanks for the info, the eyes are a bit weary right now so I didn’t read the article. So, it sounds like this would be the NY strain then. Well, I hope it burns itself out ASAP as it’s did quite a number in the east, for sure.
I think there’s 50% chance of it burning out by August with the historical knowledge of SARS and the fact COVID-19 is closely related.
Hope so, having this thing as an ongoing, permanent feature of life is not all that appealing.
One mutation doesn’t mean anything, if it is dominant there’ll be more than one LOL!
Well, let’s hope. Bu I suspect the media can’t report anything scientific accurately.
Hopefully you FEAR Bros also are a weakening mutation of the DOOM Monger virus that has infected FR.
Fingers crossed and prayers up that you have become so.
But doctors in L.A. say there’s a new deadlier strain.
Wish they’d make up my mind already
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