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We can actually sample quite a large percentage of the strains out there if we actually try. COG-UK has already sampled 10,000 out of the few 100,000s in the UK
by danieltillett 6y ago
We can actually sample quite a large percentage of the strains out there if we actually try. COG-UK has already sampled 10,000 out of the few 100,000s in the UK without really trying.
Can you please stop saying I am arguing for things I am not arguing for? More time spent reading and less posting would improve your argument.
- lvs 6y agoYes, there are about 13k genomes deposited in the databses right now, but they are from all over the world -- not just the UK. But yes, given infinite capacity it would be excellent to sequence from every single patient. It would be a dream, but sadly we're barely able to get enough cotton swabs and RNA isolation kits right now to run a basic qPCR for 10% of the population, let alone get all those viral genome sequences. It would be fascinating to have that many, of course.
- danieltillett 6y agoYou do realise that there are over a million positive samples sitting in freezers in the USA alone. You do know that a single modern DNA sequencing instruments can sequence more than 500,000 viral genomes in one 48 hour run?