Re:Anders Tegnell defends Sweden's virus approach
by pengaru on Thursday June 04, 2020 @01:18AM
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Influenza reproduces differently from SARS-CoV-2. I think the term is "recombinant virus" [0], making it mutate much more, it's like a regularly shape-shifting virus.
From what I've read about SARS-CoV-2 it doesn't reproduce that way, it mutates relatively slowly in the usual random minor errors fashion.
Because of the slow mutation rate of SARS-CoV-2, we're able to easily trace its spread across the globe by comparing genomes of collected samples. [1]
This of course also bodes well for vaccination efforts, as well as developing robust herd immunity.
From what I've read about SARS-CoV-2 it doesn't reproduce that way, it mutates relatively slowly in the usual random minor errors fashion.
Because of the slow mutation rate of SARS-CoV-2, we're able to easily trace its spread across the globe by comparing genomes of collected samples. [1]
This of course also bodes well for vaccination efforts, as well as developing robust herd immunity.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recombinant_virus#Natural_reco...
[1] https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/03/how-coron...