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Wow, HN is strange sometimes. Have covid19 strains become political/tribal somehow? I'm just pointing out something interesting in the data I was curious about
by hyperpallium 6y ago
Wow, HN is strange sometimes. Have covid19 strains become political/tribal somehow?
I'm just pointing out something interesting in the data I was curious about. It's a pity HN picks out one detail and ignores the interesting thing... but upon reflection, pedantry is typical of today's HN, and partly why pg withdrew.
Regarding Australia, it's often said we are in the Asia region. And for the specific purposes here, of initial transmission, we have much contact with China, through tourism, education, primary produce and trade in general. It's expected we'd get initial infection direct from China (which trwcing shows we did), rather than via Europe.
- 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y agoI didn't downvote you (can't even if I wanted to since you replied to me!), but the difference in outcomes is unlikely to be explained solely by differing strains, and there's no evidence at this time that the mutations have any biologically meaningful difference: https://www.virology.ws/2020/05/07/there-is-one-and-only-one-strain-of-sars-cov-2/ https://www.virology.ws/2020/05/07/there-is-one-and-only-one...
- hyperpallium 6y agoThanks. I did say it was only "suggestive". A series of similar events in similar circumstances can be explained by a series of different causes, but it seems worth looking at a similar cause, no? This is at the stage of initial hypothesis. Gosh, maybe people thought I was saying it was the absolute truth.