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Delphinus

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43. I am quite

Tue May 5, 2020, 03:03 PM

May 2020

confused by this. Today I was listening to an NPR program, Here and Now, and they had a science researcher on that said the virus didn't mutate that much.

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A mutant coronavirus has emerged, even more contagious than the original, study says [View all] denem May 2020 OP

K&R! SheltieLover May 2020 #1

Good news. Time to re-open bars, gyms and movie theaters. denem May 2020 #3

Right? SheltieLover May 2020 #9

Good times! machoneman May 2020 #13

Take off our masks denem May 2020 #15

An undertaker's wet dream. n/t Eyeball_Kid May 2020 #22

K&R! gademocrat7 May 2020 #2

Ugh. Is Trump Now Going to Say Germany Invented It? TomCADem May 2020 #4

Good to see some states are taking care of their citizens despite trump dixiegrrrrl May 2020 #52

I'm sure glad that there are people smarter than me working on this. It sure makes me sad that abqtommy May 2020 #5

The question is, is it more lethal? still_one May 2020 #6

We know where it emerged denem May 2020 #10

Exactly! Anecdotal reports indicate that this strain of CV-19 emerged in November Texin May 2020 #19

The preprint indicates it was present in Wuhan early on. Igel May 2020 #29

I am only suggesting the virus could have mutated in Italy. denem May 2020 #31

Even if it's not, it will still kill more people NickB79 May 2020 #45

Wonder who Trump will blame for this new strain? sop May 2020 #7

Mexico IronLionZion May 2020 #11

those damn Scandinavians.... Sancho May 2020 #23

tRump couldn't imagine white people spreading so he didn't close Europe for 5 weeks & UK 1 wk more. Bernardo de La Paz May 2020 #8

KNR niyad May 2020 #12

This is a serious development Mike 03 May 2020 #14

It changes the narrative. denem May 2020 #16

I wonder if the two strains ... Blue_playwright May 2020 #32

This really may be Captain Trips AllyCat May 2020 #17

It's just one new fresh hell every day now. Texin May 2020 #18

+1 Mike 03 May 2020 #24

And Trump will come out and say everything is fine in fact in his lunatic mind turbinetree May 2020 #20

This is a most important article. Mike 03 May 2020 #21

"testing positive again" PSPS May 2020 #25

Also seems that there were false negatives, meaning that they hadn't actually cleared the virus JudyM May 2020 #47

WARNING: THIS DATA HAS NOT BEEN PEER REVIEWED, AND THUS MUST BE CONSIDERED INCONCLUSIVE Fiendish Thingy May 2020 #26

The Los Alamos National Laboratory is a hysterical, flakey institution :sarcasm: denem May 2020 #27

And yet it is that trivial conclusion that is headlined and in the foreground nt Fiendish Thingy May 2020 #28

I read absolutely NO such conclusion headlined and in the foreground. It says "now" and "appears." ancianita May 2020 #37

We are in an ongoing, unfinished, unmapped process. OF COURSE it's inconclusive. Nothing it studies ancianita May 2020 #36

People need to recognize that these new studies are suggestive, not conclusive. Chemisse May 2020 #49

Exactly. This ISN'T a race of equals.This isn't about second guessing the expertise of scientists. ancianita May 2020 #50

Oh no, definately not!! I see your point. n/t Chemisse May 2020 #51

Your comment is most important Steelrolled May 2020 #38

Yay. ffr May 2020 #30

Add this item to the Waffle House menus. kairos12 May 2020 #33

I'm thinking adding to WH Big Mac special sauce. denem May 2020 #34

If only. JudyM May 2020 #48

Vote Red. Be Dead. CoronaVirus. /nt bucolic_frolic May 2020 #35

THIS is the truth! bluestarone May 2020 #40

most of the time when a mutation becomes more contagious it becomes less lethal yaesu May 2020 #39

Gov Cuomo mentioned this in his daily brief on Monday - scary stuff. nt iluvtennis May 2020 #41

Gaia is done with us. zentrum May 2020 #42

I am quite Delphinus May 2020 #43

Scientific rebuttal from a virologist on the L.A. Times irresponsible reporting : Fiendish Thingy May 2020 #44

The Los Alamos researchers were able to document the mutated form replacing the original NickB79 May 2020 #46