01-21-2021, 10:14 PM
Thanks.
Early on UW was on top of genomes around the world. California seemed really poor at getting the genome data, at least getting it into the databases. I kinda had the idea that the different genomes weren't likely to be too important.
It makes sense that more infectious variants develop & spread faster, or more effectively (slower symptoms would make it more effective). It makes less sense that more deadly versions are more infectious.
I was a little surprised that the article didn't mention the L.A. variant.
If a vaccine doesn't stop the asymptomatic illness, it would seem like it might backfire. If you had 20 or 40% of the worlds population passing around the asymptomatic illness, it would seem like it would spin out variants frequently. Then if any of them proved deadly, everyone has a problem.
Early on UW was on top of genomes around the world. California seemed really poor at getting the genome data, at least getting it into the databases. I kinda had the idea that the different genomes weren't likely to be too important.
It makes sense that more infectious variants develop & spread faster, or more effectively (slower symptoms would make it more effective). It makes less sense that more deadly versions are more infectious.
I was a little surprised that the article didn't mention the L.A. variant.
If a vaccine doesn't stop the asymptomatic illness, it would seem like it might backfire. If you had 20 or 40% of the worlds population passing around the asymptomatic illness, it would seem like it would spin out variants frequently. Then if any of them proved deadly, everyone has a problem.