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Re:Some experts suggest Omicron variant may have evolved in ... by dnautics on Thursday December 02, 2021 @02:07PM (#29420899)
I don't know, I wasn't aware of that (I am not an expert, just someone that reads slightly-more-scientific-than-mainstream-media dispatches, and can understand them having done a ton of molecular biology). If you can pont me to that I'd love to be enlightened.
Re:Some experts suggest Omicron variant may have evolved in ... by ErikCorry on Thursday December 02, 2021 @03:07PM (#29421745)
Alpha (aka b.1.1.7) causes S-dropout on the PCR test: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.24.20248814v...

Omicron also causes s-dropout: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-59460252