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21 Dec 2020 09:24 #387137 by ketchim
The other mutation - a H69/V70 deletion, in which a small part of the spike is removed

has emerged several times before, including famously in infected mink.

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21 Dec 2020 09:26 - 21 Dec 2020 09:27 #387138 by ketchim
Work by Prof Ravi Gupta at the University of Cambridge has suggested this mutation increases infectivity

two-fold in lab experiments.

Studies by the same group suggest the deletion makes antibodies from the blood of survivors

less effective at attacking the virus.

"It is rapidly increasing,

that's what's worried government, we are worried, most scientists are worried."
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21 Dec 2020 10:35 #387143 by ketchim
Well the Population has been irresponsible :

SO, take that LOCKDOWN !

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21 Dec 2020 10:41 - 21 Dec 2020 10:44 #387144 by ketchim
www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw...gt4tfgepq-story.html

Mutation out of control !

Researchers have recorded thousands of tiny modifications in the genetic material of the coronavirus

as it has hopscotched across the world.

Some variants become more common in a population simply by luck,

not because the changes somehow supercharge the virus.
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21 Dec 2020 11:51 - 21 Dec 2020 11:51 #387146 by ketchim
This is getting scarier by the Mutations ~

and if the virus genetic code change it will be immune to the Vaccine !
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21 Dec 2020 12:53 #387149 by ketchim
But as it becomes more difficult for the pathogen to survive

— because of vaccinations and growing immunity in human populations —

researchers also expect the virus to gain useful mutations enabling it to spread more easily

or to escape detection by the immune system.

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21 Dec 2020 13:07 - 21 Dec 2020 13:07 #387154 by ketchim
Will the vaccines work against the new variant?

Almost certainly yes, or at least for now.

All three leading vaccines develop an immune response against the existing spike

which is why the question comes up.

Vaccines train the immune system to attack several different parts of the virus,

so even though part of the spike has mutated,

the vaccines should still work.
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21 Dec 2020 13:16 - 21 Dec 2020 13:20 #387156 by ketchim
The good news is that the technology used in the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines

is much easier to adjust and update than conventional vaccines.

The new vaccines also generate a massive immune response, so the coronavirus may need many mutations

over years before the vaccines must be tweaked
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21 Dec 2020 13:41 #387166 by ketchim
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other government agencies should set up a national system

to link viral sequence databases with on-the-ground data

— like whether an infection occurred despite vaccination.

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21 Dec 2020 14:06 #387169 by ketchim
This variant is just the latest to show the virus is continuing to adapt as it infects more and more of us.

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