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Re:SARS-CoV-2 Gamma variant infected 16 fully Pfizer vaccina... by jstanley on Friday July 23, 2021 @05:35AM (#27928869)
> All current variations of concern come from mostly unvaccinated countries.

Isn't it more significant not where they emerge (which is by random mutation) but where they do well? And don't they seem to do well in countries that have vaccinated more people?

Is it even particularly easy to say where a variant originated? Could the mutations happen multiple times independently?

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Re:SARS-CoV-2 Gamma variant infected 16 fully Pfizer vaccina... by yyyk on Friday July 23, 2021 @05:53AM (#27928952)
>Isn't it more significant not where they emerge (which is by random mutation) but where they do well?

Random mutation happens more when we give it more chances, by letting it infect more unprotected people. We'd rather avoid that, so it's also important.

>Is it even particularly easy to say where a variant originated?

No, but we have gene sampling to help.

>Could the mutations happen multiple times independently?

They can and sometimes do happen independently.

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Re:SARS-CoV-2 Gamma variant infected 16 fully Pfizer vaccina... by maxerickson on Friday July 23, 2021 @06:18AM (#27929068)
The Delta variant is a humanitarian crisis in less vaccinated India and a moderate public health concern in countries with higher rates of vaccination.
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Re:SARS-CoV-2 Gamma variant infected 16 fully Pfizer vaccina... by jstanley on Friday July 23, 2021 @07:31AM (#27929523)
From this page: https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus/country/india India seems to be doing better than the UK on basically every metric (switch to "Map" view for comparison).
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Re:SARS-CoV-2 Gamma variant infected 16 fully Pfizer vaccina... by pas on Saturday July 24, 2021 @10:02AM (#27941019)
There are arguments that they seriously undercount/underreport:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/20/world/asia/india-covid-pa...

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/05/25/world/asia/in...

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Re:SARS-CoV-2 Gamma variant infected 16 fully Pfizer vaccina... by mensetmanusman on Friday July 23, 2021 @08:24AM (#27929894)
Obesity rates correlate as well.
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Re:SARS-CoV-2 Gamma variant infected 16 fully Pfizer vaccina... by maxerickson on Friday July 23, 2021 @10:23AM (#27930983)
Do deaths per million over the last 3 months instead of the last 7 days.
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