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| Topic | Coronavirus Topic 12 - Wishing all speedy recoveries this affects |
| Esuriat 11/04/20 10:05:24 AM #216: | It's something I've been concerned about for a while. SARS-CoV-2 likely came about from a viral recombination that resulted from coinfection from two coronaviruses in a reservoir animal which then transmitted to humans because it linked up with the ACE2 enzymes that is profoundly expressed in human airways. It's always been possible for that to happen again with further animal interaction. It's unfortunately a kind of rapid jump that occurs outside of the standard genetic drift that comes with the usual mutations. Of course the specifics are unknown. It could be just about anything at this point, more or less deadly, more or less infectious, etc. --- Essy ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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