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This is good news but I'm worried about the mutation already showing up in minks in Denmark. Minks apparently have a near identical respiratory system. https:/

This is good news but I'm worried about the mutation already showing up in minks in Denmark. Minks apparently have a near identical respiratory system. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/denmark-plans-kill-15-million-minks-after-coronavirus-mutation-spreads-n1246445 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/denmark-plans-kill-15-mil...

procinct 6y ago
Fortunately it sounds very contained. All cases (fewer than 15) were confined to a single location and there haven’t been any more detected since September. So most likely the mutation is now extinct.
- plutonorm 6y ago
  Let's see how this comment ages. I give it 50-50
  - procinct 6y ago
    I’m not saying anything with certainty. However, a lot of work has been expended in trying to contain this cluster and currently this is how it looks with the data we currently have.
    - sideshowb 6y ago
      It's not just this cluster though. If it happens once it could happen again and we may not notice the next until it's too late. So here's hoping the vaccine catches all likely mutations too...
- deleted 6y ago
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DataGata 6y ago
Hence the genociding.
- tachyonbeam 6y ago
  The minkocaust :'(
thehappypm 6y ago
Yet another reason to move to a plant-based lifestyle. Covid came from some folks in China using exotic animals for some purpose. Now a new variant seems inevitable from animal populations. Is it worth the burgers and coats?
- RobertDeNiro 6y ago
  You're being downvoted for no good reason. Mass farming is what brought us here. This will keep happening, unless we change our behavior.
  - Aaronstotle 6y ago
    Wet markets and mass farming are two different beasts
    - thehappypm 6y ago
      Are they though? Mass farming puts humans into orders of magnitude more contact with animals than wet markets. In the case of covid, a wet market led to the disease. There are plenty of cases — just about the majority of plagues — where a domesticated animal led to disease
      - to11mtm 6y ago
        In some ways the dangers are different, perhaps more manageable in some cases. For wet markets, it's the unknown from nature. In the case of Domesticated markets, it is more typically an issue either from failures in procedure (i.e. e.coli/listeria/salmonella) or because of over-industrialization (Mad Cow Disease)
- arkitaip 6y ago
  You have to love the morons who downvoted you when it's painfully obvious that eating meat is the cause of so much health and environmental issues on the planet. For most people here, it's not even that big a deal to switch to a plant-based diet or mostly plant-based diet. Better to adapt now rather when the double or triple digit taxes start coming for our meat-eating asses.
mknoke 6y ago
There is no need to be too worried about it right now https://www.statnews.com/2020/11/05/spread-of-mutated-coronavirus-in-danish-mink-hits-all-the-scary-buttons-but-fears-may-be-overblown/ https://www.statnews.com/2020/11/05/spread-of-mutated-corona... A more aggressive take: https://twitter.com/BallouxFrancois/status/1324085761449304067 https://twitter.com/BallouxFrancois/status/13240857614493040...
- mantap 6y ago
  The tweet doesn't mention the claim of antibody resistance, and the article just says that the evidence for it is yet to be announced. The article says that no single mutation is likely to cause resistance but doesn't explain why there would be only a single mutation. I am yet to be reassured.

procinct 6y ago

Fortunately it sounds very contained. All cases (fewer than 15) were confined to a single location and there haven’t been any more detected since September. So most likely the mutation is now extinct.

plutonorm 6y ago
Let's see how this comment ages. I give it 50-50
- procinct 6y ago
  I’m not saying anything with certainty. However, a lot of work has been expended in trying to contain this cluster and currently this is how it looks with the data we currently have.
  - sideshowb 6y ago
    It's not just this cluster though. If it happens once it could happen again and we may not notice the next until it's too late. So here's hoping the vaccine catches all likely mutations too...
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DataGata 6y ago

Hence the genociding.

tachyonbeam 6y ago
The minkocaust :'(

thehappypm 6y ago

Yet another reason to move to a plant-based lifestyle. Covid came from some folks in China using exotic animals for some purpose. Now a new variant seems inevitable from animal populations. Is it worth the burgers and coats?

RobertDeNiro 6y ago
You're being downvoted for no good reason. Mass farming is what brought us here. This will keep happening, unless we change our behavior.
- Aaronstotle 6y ago
  Wet markets and mass farming are two different beasts
  - thehappypm 6y ago
    Are they though? Mass farming puts humans into orders of magnitude more contact with animals than wet markets. In the case of covid, a wet market led to the disease. There are plenty of cases — just about the majority of plagues — where a domesticated animal led to disease
    - to11mtm 6y ago
      In some ways the dangers are different, perhaps more manageable in some cases. For wet markets, it's the unknown from nature. In the case of Domesticated markets, it is more typically an issue either from failures in procedure (i.e. e.coli/listeria/salmonella) or because of over-industrialization (Mad Cow Disease)
arkitaip 6y ago
You have to love the morons who downvoted you when it's painfully obvious that eating meat is the cause of so much health and environmental issues on the planet. For most people here, it's not even that big a deal to switch to a plant-based diet or mostly plant-based diet. Better to adapt now rather when the double or triple digit taxes start coming for our meat-eating asses.

mknoke 6y ago

There is no need to be too worried about it right now https://www.statnews.com/2020/11/05/spread-of-mutated-coronavirus-in-danish-mink-hits-all-the-scary-buttons-but-fears-may-be-overblown/ https://www.statnews.com/2020/11/05/spread-of-mutated-corona... A more aggressive take: https://twitter.com/BallouxFrancois/status/1324085761449304067 https://twitter.com/BallouxFrancois/status/13240857614493040...

mantap 6y ago
The tweet doesn't mention the claim of antibody resistance, and the article just says that the evidence for it is yet to be announced. The article says that no single mutation is likely to cause resistance but doesn't explain why there would be only a single mutation. I am yet to be reassured.