Don’t worry about coronavirus mutations

[Karlston]

Don’t worry about coronavirus mutations

The virus is mutating, but mutations aren’t making COVID-19 worse

 

 

Over the past few weeks, the occasional breathless news reports have warned that the novel coronavirus is mutating or that there are multiple strains of the virus circling around the globe. That sounds concerning. If the virus is changing, that could imply that it’s getting worse — but that’s not the case. Although it’s true that the virus is mutating, that doesn’t mean it’s getting more dangerous.

 

When the virus first emerged in Wuhan, China, its genome had a certain sequence of around 30,000 nucleotides, the building blocks of genetic material. A handful of those nucleotides changed as the virus spread from person to person because the mechanism the virus uses to make copies of itself sometimes makes mistakes. But those changes haven’t made the virus behave any differently, scientists say.

 

In the latest Verge Science video, we explore how mutations happen, what they mean for the coronavirus, and how scientists are using them to track COVID-19 around the globe.

 

 

Source: Don’t worry about coronavirus mutations (The Verge)

[virendra]

Must to dissent fellow Karlston...in few months has recorded phylogenomic divergences about 30 ("quasi new species")in contrast with i.e. H1N1 less than 0.03 in ten years, its chassis its zoonotic and adapt to new genetic enviromental challenges in mammals like wildfire... its bio-organic=expect the rhinophilus brazilian event

 

[virendra]

[dufus]

no vaccine 

[mp68terr]

Even if, so far, mutations are not making the virus worst, scientists cannot predict what will be the next mutations and how they will affect the virus properties.

 

Even if the virus mutates, the host cells do not. The virus has some stable motifs used to infect the host cells. Weapons/protections against the virus are likely directed against these stable motifs.

[ThisPC666]

yeah? well lets wait for the merging of influenza and sarscov. 🤡 

[dufus]

 

don.t worry were in safe hands .....