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“When the virus changes its method of attack we must change our method of defense,” What did I miss? How is this mutation attacking differently?
by leke 6y ago
“When the virus changes its method of attack we must change our method of defense,”
What did I miss? How is this mutation attacking differently?
- qz2 6y agoUntil we actually hear evidence that it is, then it’s not. But we still have to sleep with one eye open.
- pmg102 6y agoHe means as it is more transmissible (but yes, apparently by the same routes and mechanisms) we need to tighten restrictions. A rhetorician would call these different "methods" of attack but you're right that in fact they're merely different degrees of the same method.
- qz2 6y agoTrue and I certainly agree with that side of things.
- eternalny1 6y agoIt's not. There are genetic changes, including to the spike protein that it uses to attack. > The new variant has mutations to the spike protein that the three leading vaccines are targeting. However, vaccines produce antibodies against many regions in the spike protein, so it’s unlikely that a single change would make the vaccine less effective.
- LatteLazy 6y agoThat quote comes from Boris, everything he says is nonsense so just ignore it.