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Re:'Long Covid': Why are some people not recovering? by notahacker on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @11:11AM (#24698487)
Fragments that were 67% similar really doesn't sound very similar when we're talking about DNA, considering us slower evolving mammals share a larger percentage of DNA with our pets, and by your own stat 43% of people's T-cells are not primed to respond at all...

We do designate strains of influenza transmitted from animals (and indeed other coronaviruses transmitted from animals) as novel threats.

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Re:'Long Covid': Why are some people not recovering? by oceanplexian on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @11:22AM (#24698642)
The human genome contains 3 billion nucleotides, SARS-COV-2 contains about 29,000. If it shares ~60% of its genome with common coronaviruses that's quite substantial.
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