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> Now, late 2021, it appears we are seeing more covid mutations than flu mutations. You cannot just say things like this without citing evidence. It is so frus
by podgaj 5y ago
> Now, late 2021, it appears we are seeing more covid mutations than flu mutations.
You cannot just say things like this without citing evidence. It is so frustrating. The flu virus IN VIRTO at any time will mutate faster because it does not have a mechanism to correct mutations like SARS2 does.
The second statement I posted was straight from Astra Zenica in 2021 so why did you pick the one you wanted and refute it just because it was old? Because you are lazy and just want to be right.
This is from OCTOBER 19, 2021, all you need to do was search. But I am just done with the internet, everyone is everything but no one is nothing. I am going to be nothing.
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/10/29/1050465159/covids-endgame-scientists-have-a-clue-about-where-sars-cov-2-is-headed https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/10/29/1050465...
"Six months into the pandemic, the virus seemed to be following the predicted course. "To date, there have been very few mutations observed," molecular biologist Peter Thielen at Johns Hopkins University told NPR in June 2020 for a story with the headline: "This Coronavirus Doesn't Change Quickly, And That's Good News For Vaccine Makers.""
- graeme 5y ago….did you continue reading the article? It says the paragraph you quoted was proven incorrect and SARS-Cov-2 is now mutating 4x faster than seasonal flu. Your own article shows you’re wrong. “ Last month, Kistler and her colleagues at the University of Washington published a new metric to measure how quickly SARS-CoV-2 is evolving as it adapts to living inside humans. When Kistler first saw the value, she was shocked. "SARS-CoV-2's rate of adaptation is remarkably high right now," she says, "like roughly four times higher for SARS-CoV-2 than it is for seasonal flu." But please, continue attacking people. You perhaps missed this because you ignored my central point, which is that production of mutations is a result of mutability multiplied by transmission. SARS-Cov-2 transmission numbers dwarf typical flu caseloads. The paper you cited only looks at mutability. The AstraZeneca article is an explainer with no new research. And it’s from February, pre-Delta.