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Re:Some experts suggest Omicron variant may have evolved in ... by ErikCorry on Thursday December 02, 2021 @01:41PM (#29420433)
Denmark and Iceland sequence every single positive sample. Currently 4k per day for Denmark. So I think there's more surveillance than you think.
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Re:Some experts suggest Omicron variant may have evolved in ... by timr on Thursday December 02, 2021 @02:03PM (#29420846)
Yeah, some do. But consider that there are at least millions of new infections a day, globally...
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Re:Some experts suggest Omicron variant may have evolved in ... by downWidOutaFite on Thursday December 02, 2021 @02:15PM (#29421022)
Also consider how interconnected the world is that Delta spread around the globe in a few months.
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Re:Some experts suggest Omicron variant may have evolved in ... by timr on Thursday December 02, 2021 @02:38PM (#29421346)
Oh, definitely. It's fairly obvious to anyone who understands molecular clocks that this strain is already widely spread.

We're panicking and closing borders and doing untold damage because...we continue to overestimate our ability to see what nature is doing in an unbiased way.

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