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COVID-19 mutation emerges that may outmaneuver mask-wearing & hand-washing

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A new preliminary study involving more than 5,000 genetic sequences of the coronavirus suggests one of the virus’s many mutations may be more contagious than the others, according to a report from The Washington Post. 

The study, which has not been peer-reviewed, conducted by researchers from Houston Methodist Hospital, found the strain known as the D614G mutation was responsible for close to every coronavirus infection in Houston this summer, during Texas’s second wave of infections. 

The mutation did not make the virus deadlier or change clinical outcomes, according to researchers. 

All viruses mutate and most of the random changes to the genetic sequence are considered to be insignificant, however, researchers found people infected with this particular strain had higher viral loads in their upper respiratory tracts, allowing the virus to potentially spread more effectively. 

David Morens, a virologist at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) who reviewed the study, told the Post the findings suggest the virus may have become more contagious and could possibly be responding to health measures such as social distancing and mask-wearing. 

“Wearing masks, washing our hands, all those things are barriers to transmissibility, or contagion, but as the virus becomes more contagious it statistically is better at getting around those barriers,” Morens told the newspaper, cautioning not to over-interpret the findings from a single study that has yet to be peer-reviewed.  
 

https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/longevity/518336-coronavirus-mutation-emerges-that-may-outmaneuver-mask?fbclid=IwAR2u-Lea-vhEL5fHooTNluLCkPuZ5JvLwGQjsuVlpU0pKs16iA_CrZg4-n0&fbclid=IwAR29v7NzuYK2E96TFbXgtm53ow63dkA24n6XqoeRny99CCu3YHCqH_X2J60&fbclid=IwAR3LwoJkgNFjFszxKh8gRgfCkW1-FsANsb4hfAqswx96fhkl4sVZXXEcx38&fbclid=IwAR2s4W4jcKs7fY6s3F3tnGxezcvlqfE8TDtzVUzBBDutn5UyioLtdZXnC4o

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8 minutes ago, Aarghya said:

At least I learnt a new word, 'Outmaneuver'. It will help for my GRE exam :yennefer:

Unless the GRE outmaneuvers you :yennefer:

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1 minute ago, calmar said:

you just gotta outoutmaneuver it :yennefer:

Well, COVID already has done that :flower:

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