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posted by martyb on Tuesday August 04 2020, @11:15PM   Printer-friendly
from the six-degrees-to-Kevin-Bacon dept.

The six strains of SARS-CoV-2:

"The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is presumably already optimized to affect human beings, and this explains its low evolutionary change," explains Federico Giorgi, a researcher at Unibo and coordinator of the study. "This means that the treatments we are developing, including a vaccine, might be effective against all the virus strains."

Currently, there are six strains of coronavirus. The original one is the L strain, that appeared in Wuhan in December 2019. Its first mutation—the S strain—appeared at the beginning of 2020, while, since mid-January 2020, we have had strains V and G. To date strain G is the most widespread: it mutated into strains GR and GH at the end of February 2020.

Globally, strains G, GH and GR are constantly increasing. Strain S can be found in some restricted areas in the U.S. and Spain. The L and V strains are gradually disappearing.

Journal Reference:
Mercatelli, Daniele, Giorgi, Federico M.. Geographic and Genomic Distribution of SARS-CoV-2 Mutations, Frontiers in Microbiology (DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01800)


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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by krishnoid on Tuesday August 04 2020, @11:32PM (2 children)

    by krishnoid (1156) on Tuesday August 04 2020, @11:32PM (#1031473)

    Great, just what we need -- artisanal SARS-CoV-2 strains.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 05 2020, @01:41AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 05 2020, @01:41AM (#1031524)

    If covid-19 wipes out the boomers, I will forgive ...

    NO. FUck Millenials.

    • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday August 05 2020, @02:57PM

      by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday August 05 2020, @02:57PM (#1031746) Journal

      Boomer: How can you live like that? Would.it kill you to clean the basement just once?

      Millennial: Yes, it would kill me because of my extreme sensitivity to molecules. Do you know how many toxic chemicals are in household cleaning solutions? And we don't have any all-natural cleaning supplies free of molecules. Do you expect me to actually venture out of the house and buy something during these times of Covid-19? Now there are six strains of Covid, and I need a different mask for each strain!

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      People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.