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Re:Denmark to cull millions of minks over mutated coronavirus by im3w1l on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @12:24PM (#24991035)
So uhm how likely is it that this new version is contained if they found 12 cases in people already?
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Re:Denmark to cull millions of minks over mutated coronavirus by wffurr on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @12:38PM (#24991182)
It's possible there is only mink-to-human transmission and not human-to-human. This was the case for MERS, which was contained in part by culling chickens.
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Re:Denmark to cull millions of minks over mutated coronavirus by fartzzz on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @12:44PM (#24991235)
It is believed that some of the cases (all?) didnt have any contact with minks and therefore was human-to-human
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Re:Denmark to cull millions of minks over mutated coronavirus by im3w1l on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @01:31PM (#24991673)
Source?
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Re:Denmark to cull millions of minks over mutated coronavirus by robocat on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @02:09PM (#24992008)
From aeyes (distant cousin) comment: “Health Minister Magnus Heunicke said half the 783 human COVID-19 cases in northern Denmark ‘are related’ to mink.” from https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Denmark-wants-to-cul...
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Re:Denmark to cull millions of minks over mutated coronavirus by IAmGraydon on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @03:11PM (#24992605)
Those cases are the original virus, not the new mink mutated one. It was just spread by the mink population.
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Re:Denmark to cull millions of minks over mutated coronavirus by fartzzz on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @01:46PM (#24991803)
I cannot find anything online, but it was mentioned by Kåre mølbak in the press conference
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Re:Denmark to cull millions of minks over mutated coronavirus by tinus_hn on Thursday November 05, 2020 @03:13AM (#24996497)
If so the solution would be to not shut down the farms because a version of corona that is not contagious would be really helpful. I’m not buying your argument.
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