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Edited because a correction by another user helps to clarify - it is not about the 20 mutations (which they created a mutant spike will all 20 of them!) though,
by eightysixfour 5y ago
Edited because a correction by another user helps to clarify - it is not about the 20 mutations (which they created a mutant spike will all 20 of them!) though, it is more about what was and was not effective in defendening against the mutant spike.
- hadlock 5y agoCoronaviruses are RNA viruses, so there's only a single copy of the genetic material, vs DNA with two copies. The result of RNA viruses is that they typically mutate at a much higher rate than DNA viruses. There are viruses that mutate faster than Coronaviruses, though.