Feb 17, 2021
Preprint findings outline the woes of SARS-CoV-2 viral mutations
Results from a preprint study identified seven Covid-19 variants that seem to have originated in the United States and it’s possible these mutant strains are even more contagious, the study authors warned.
In their study, which was published in
MedRxiv and is not yet peer-reviewed, Jeremy P. Kamil, PhD, of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, Louisiana, and colleagues discovered that all seven variants carry the same mutation to amino acid position 677 a convergent adaptation that may signal an evolutionary advantage for these strains. And, while it is not clear yet whether this particular mutation makes these strains more contagious, the study authors have their suspicions.
15 Feb in 16:50
Evidence continues to grow that the U.K. coronavirus variant is likely more lethal, and leads to more hospitalizations and cases compared to wild-type strains of the virus, based on data released on a British government website.
The new research complied data and studies from multiple institutions and found “increased severity” of Covid-19 cases compared to non-variants. The study noted that B.1.1.7 cases were 30-70% more lethal in comparison to the original wild-type strains.
Concerns about increased lethality of B.1.1.7 first surfaced in January when the British government’s New and Emerging Respiratory Threats Advisory Group (NERVTAG) revealed data suggesting the increased lethality compared with wild-type strains, Forbes reported.
Mutated COVID Virus Marketed to Justify New Lockdowns
Mounting mortality data show COVID-19 is hardly the deadly pandemic it’s been made out to be. But just as people were starting to wake up to this fact, the British technocracy came up with a new narrative to keep the fearmongering going.
Mere days before Christmas, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced there’s a new, mutated, and far more infectious, strain of SARS-CoV-2 on the loose.
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2 The answer? Another round of even stricter stay-at-home orders, business shutdowns and travel bans, just in time for the holidays.
According to The New York Times, the U.K. restrictions may remain in effect for months. Considering these unscientific strategies didn’t work the first or second time around, it strains believability to think they’ll work now.