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Is it possible that there’s a “West Coast/Asian strain” that’s a lot less serious than the “East Coast/European strain”?
by baron816 7y ago
Is it possible that there’s a “West Coast/Asian strain” that’s a lot less serious than the “East Coast/European strain”?
- TheBlight 7y agoAs more serology surveys are completed I expect this question to come to the forefront.
- DangerousPie 7y agoHow exactly? Serology has nothing to do with figuring out which version of the virus you have, ignoring the fact that there are no distinct "strains" to begin with.
- TheBlight 7y agoI suspect we're going to see different IFRs in NYC vs. the West Coast. There are already at least 2 strains: https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2020/03/04/discovery-of-2-strains-of-covid-19-coronavirus-hints-at-how-it-evolved/#6fd538037094 https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2020/03/04/discov...
- kens 7y agoThere's been a bunch of genomic analysis. Yes, the West coast strains are closer to Asian and the East coast strains are closer to European. But the differences between strains are believed to not have an effect on the disease. https://nextstrain.org/narratives/ncov/sit-rep/en/2020-04-17 https://nextstrain.org/narratives/ncov/sit-rep/en/2020-04-17 https://nextstrain.org/help/coronavirus/FAQ#is-one-strain-of-the-covid-19-virus-more-severe https://nextstrain.org/help/coronavirus/FAQ#is-one-strain-of...