KiaKaha [he/him] to news • 4 years agoCOVID-19 virus mutation that is '10 times' more infectious detected in Malaysia: Health director-generalexternal-linkmessage-square24 fedilinkarrow-up138file-text
arrow-up133external-linkCOVID-19 virus mutation that is '10 times' more infectious detected in Malaysia: Health director-generalKiaKaha [he/him] to news • 4 years agomessage-square24 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarekegel_dialectic [he/him]hexbear11·edit-24 years ago We are facing the global shift of the SARS-CoV-2 variant — from D614 to G614. The G614 variant is more infectious in laboratory settings; whether it means increased viral spread in humans is unconfirmed. Current evidence says that the G614 variant is not any deadlier than D614. And so, treatment options should not be any more different. Both the D614 and G614 variants should react similarly to vaccines, studies suggest, as the mutation does not change the immunogenic part of the spike protein; that is, the receptor-binding domain (RBD). OP article isn't very helpful in contextualizing this mutation and is unnecessarily alarmist. Yes, this isn't a great development, but this isn't new News either. link
OP article isn't very helpful in contextualizing this mutation and is unnecessarily alarmist. Yes, this isn't a great development, but this isn't new News either.
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