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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
There are TWO strains of coronavirus spreading in Australia - as the virus mutates to beat people's immune systems
2020-04-11
[Daily Mail] Analysis of the strains showed type A - the original virus that jumped to humans from bats via pangolins - was not China's most common. Instead, the pandemic's ground-zero was mainly hit by type B, which was in circulation as far back as Christmas Eve.

Type B was also the dominant strain across large parts of the United Kingdom and Europe, but has not made it to Australia.

Type C was an offshoot of Type B, mutating from the secondary strain and spreading to Europe and Australia via Singapore.

Scientists believe the virus - officially called SARS-CoV-2 - is constantly mutating to overcome immune system resistance in different populations.
Posted by:KBK

#5  The likelihood of infecting others is highest during the incubation period since the host is active and unaware.

So 'White Privilege' is just a phase?
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-04-11 13:12  

#4  And become less violent.

Yep. In 5 years it will just be another seasonal flu.
Posted by: DarthVader   2020-04-11 09:19  

#3  Did the Chinese unleash "Type C" on the 25 meter Pacific Rim targets ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-04-11 04:46  

#2  "In evolutionary biology, adaptive radiation is a process in which organisms diversify rapidly from an ancestral species into a multitude of new forms, particularly when a change in the environment makes new resources available, creates new challenges, or opens new environmental niches."

And become less violent.

The likelihood of infecting others is highest during the incubation period since the host is active and unaware.

Selection favors those variants that maximize the incubation period, ideally skipping the symptomatic period altogether.

Other questions:

Will current RNA and antibody tests identify all of these new variants?

Does an infection with one variant confer immunity to other variants?

Conversely does the diversity of Wuhan virus descendants who are immunologically similar but not identical play a role in triggering a catastrophic immune system overreaction?
Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660   2020-04-11 03:04  

#1  And become less violent.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-04-11 02:28  

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