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Re:Heavily mutated coronavirus variant puts scientists on alert by zamalek on Thursday November 25, 2021 @06:14PM (#29345918)
My [numerous] friends in South Africa say that anti-vax superstition is extremely common, and current vaccine participation is purely based on fear (everyone who agrees with science has been vaccinated). The variant may well be ravaging the unvaccinated alone.

Of course, you're right, the unvaccinated are a fertile ground for mutations that eventually evade the vaccine.

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Re:Heavily mutated coronavirus variant puts scientists on alert by makomk on Thursday November 25, 2021 @06:20PM (#29345957)
Yeah, South Africa apparently postponed their upcoming vaccine deliveries recently because they're running out of willing people to vaccinate and the current stockpiles will last half a year at the current rate: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/exclusive-south-africa-...
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Re:Heavily mutated coronavirus variant puts scientists on alert by didjathinkmess on Thursday November 25, 2021 @11:14PM (#29347435)
Good comment, also: the vaccinated are a fertile ground for mutations that eventually evade the vaccine.

Unless you have a study that backs up the claim that this mutation phenomenon only happens in people not vaccinated for Covid-19, you should probably stop singling them out. The phenomenon occurs in both.

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Re:Heavily mutated coronavirus variant puts scientists on alert by frankzinger on Friday November 26, 2021 @01:43AM (#29347995)
The virus spreads more rapidly among and lives for longer inside the unvaccinated, as a result getting much more exposure to human immune systems, and thus giving it more opportunity to evolve.
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Re:Heavily mutated coronavirus variant puts scientists on alert by Robotbeat on Friday November 26, 2021 @01:00AM (#29347849)
Those who have already had COVID are fertile ground for a variant evades the immune response from previous exposure.
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