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There's some suspicion that there are two strains of COVID and one is nastier than the other. https://abcnews.go.com/Health/scientists-identified-strains-covid

by paulmd 7y ago

There's some suspicion that there are two strains of COVID and one is nastier than the other. https://abcnews.go.com/Health/scientists-identified-strains-covid-19/story?id=69391954 https://abcnews.go.com/Health/scientists-identified-strains-... https://academic.oup.com/nsr/advance-article/doi/10.1093/nsr/nwaa036/5775463#authorNotesSectionTitle https://academic.oup.com/nsr/advance-article/doi/10.1093/nsr... And, see my other post, but some researchers suspect that COVID was circulating in Washington (likely elsewhere as well) since about mid-january, so very possible. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22551360 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22551360

pluto9 7y ago
Interesting. I suppose it's possible. Whatever went around was incredibly contagious compared to the usual flu. Almost the entire office, including myself, came down with it over the course of 1-2 weeks. I'd like to think you're right. It'd be nice to know that I and the people I'm in regular contact with already have some immunity.