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Isn't it that there are two main strains, one (30% of cases) is less lethal (and this one is predominant in South Korea) and the other (70% cases) is e.g. in It
by krzyk 7y ago
Isn't it that there are two main strains, one (30% of cases) is less lethal (and this one is predominant in South Korea) and the other (70% cases) is e.g. in Italy?
Two strains source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2236544-coronavirus-are-there-two-strains-and-is-one-more-deadly/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2236544-coronavirus-are...
- mlang23 7y agoWhat speaks against this theory is that in austria, which is north of italy, the cases so far have been pretty mild.
- koheripbal 7y agoThose infections are still recent. The virus takes weeks to kill you.
- imustbeevil 7y agoBased on the top response here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22499569 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22499569 There are more than 100 strains, which you can see here: https://nextstrain.org/ncov https://nextstrain.org/ncov
- ashildr 7y agoThe two strains paper seems to be hot air: http://virological.org/t/response-to-on-the-origin-and-continuing-evolution-of-sars-cov-2/418 http://virological.org/t/response-to-on-the-origin-and-conti...