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I believe we needed a travel ban (Original Post) samplegirl Dec 2020 OP
Agreed! SheltieLover Dec 2020 #1
There is another thread right here on DU gab13by13 Dec 2020 #2
I totally believe this. Mike 03 Dec 2020 #4
Yes, someone was saying that this morning on CNN. cwydro Dec 2020 #5
I think the reason Dr. Fauci is urging us not to "overreact" is in part because Mike 03 Dec 2020 #3
Yes, a ban on all named Trump and their spouses from fleeing the country to avoid arrest! machoneman Dec 2020 #6
Let's get his fat ass samplegirl Dec 2020 #7

gab13by13

(21,256 posts)
2. There is another thread right here on DU
Tue Dec 22, 2020, 11:15 AM
Dec 2020

that claims the new virus strain may not have originated in the UK. They do a better job of testing than we do, inferring that the new strain may have originated right here in the US.

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
4. I totally believe this.
Tue Dec 22, 2020, 11:59 AM
Dec 2020

Shortly, scientists will likely confirm cases of this variant all over the globe.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
5. Yes, someone was saying that this morning on CNN.
Tue Dec 22, 2020, 11:59 AM
Dec 2020

Not paying close attention so I’m not sure who.

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
3. I think the reason Dr. Fauci is urging us not to "overreact" is in part because
Tue Dec 22, 2020, 11:55 AM
Dec 2020

COVID mutates into new variants once or twice every 4 weeks.

Back during the summer we (here in the U.S.) had a variant that made COVID more transmissible.

COVID-19 Update: Coronavirus is Mutating and Becoming More Contagious; CDC Now Projects Up to 226,000 Deaths by mid-October; ; and More

https://www.docwirenews.com/docwire-pick/covid-19-update-coronavirus-is-mutating-and-becoming-more-contagious-cdc-now-projects-up-to-226000-deaths-by-mid-october-and-more/

D614G:

SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind the COVID-19 pandemic, is no exception. The coronavirus’s RNA genome consists of about 30,000 base pairs. Since Chinese scientists first decoded the virus’s genetic code in December, it has accumulated an average of one or two random mutations a month. One in particular, called D614G, may well have boosted disease’s infectiousness.


https://www.uchealth.org/today/coronavirus-mutations-not-necessarily-cause-for-alarm/

D614G mutation promotes lysosomal trafficking of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20201214/D614G-mutation-promotes-lysosomal-trafficking-of-SARS-CoV-2-spike-protein.aspx

Mutations making COVID-19 more contagious are, unfortunately, going to be an ongoing issue. As I wrote in another post, this new variant is likely all over the place. This morning cases were discovered in Netherlands. And I expect more.
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