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About those new Covid mutations
- tailspin2019 6y ago> I think that odds are reasonable that UK strain, based on what we’re seeing so far, may well be more infectious than the existing ones. I hope I’m wrong about that, and I want to re-emphasize that I very well could be. > At the same murky level of clarity, I’m not seeing anything so far that makes me think that it causes a worse form of the disease, and I very much hope that I’m not wrong about that. > As for vaccine effects, my money is on the antibody response from the vaccines still being protective Seems to mirror other scientific opinions I'm seeing at the moment but obviously it's early days. The key concern amongst the general public seems to be "will the vaccine still work?" and on this point there seems to currently be a reasonably strong consensus along the lines of "there are currently no indications that it won't".
- DoingIsLearning 6y agoWild theory: In the majority of European countries some form of partial/selective lockdown strategy was adopted. By in large kindergartens and primary schools have remained open. So far the official communication was that children/toddlers could not develop severe symptoms (We now know it's not quite true) could not be a meaningful transmission source (low viral load?). What if the new strain evolved from the selective pressure of the opportunity of kids being a vector between locked-down households?