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2020-05-08 Science & Technology

New Mutation Indicates That Coronavirus Might Be Weakening, Study Says

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Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2020-05-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 Look up Mueller’s Ratchet.

Posted by Gromp Omairt3113 2020-05-08 00:12|| 2020-05-08 00:12|| Front Page Top

#2 What is so "novel" about this anyway?

Posted by Clem 2020-05-08 00:26|| 2020-05-08 00:26|| Front Page Top

#3 Lead study author Dr. Efren Lim, an assistant professor at Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute, and his team

Eh, an assistant professor with his own team?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-05-08 03:39|| 2020-05-08 03:39|| Front Page Top

#4 ^Probably, the foxy geniuses confused "corresponding author" with "team leader".

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-05-08 03:43|| 2020-05-08 03:43|| Front Page Top

#5 So is the strain weakening or did it already kill off most of those already predisposed to its nature?

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-05-08 08:30|| 2020-05-08 08:30|| Front Page Top

#6 He had post in this yesterday. They just showed mutations - the rest is pure speculation.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-05-08 08:55|| 2020-05-08 08:55|| Front Page Top

#7 But the models aren't pure speculation. Just adulterated, not particularly pure speculation.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-05-08 17:42|| 2020-05-08 17:42|| Front Page Top

#8 Imagine if epidemiological "projections" had to cleave to SEC rules for stock prospectuses. The horror.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-05-08 17:46|| 2020-05-08 17:46|| Front Page Top

#9 Past performance (there is none) is no indicator of future results.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-05-08 17:48|| 2020-05-08 17:48|| Front Page Top

#10 Heh - might be a good requirement to add that, but Journos and Agendas don't care

Posted by Frank G 2020-05-08 18:13|| 2020-05-08 18:13|| Front Page Top

#11 Would probably be deemed "childish..."

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-05-08 18:32|| 2020-05-08 18:32|| Front Page Top

#12 Mueller's Ratchet

I think what they mean is that the longer a virus hangs around, the more likely it is to mutate away from being deadly and more toward the loss of ability to continue to reproduce. In other words, if we wait it out it will eventually burn itself out.

Wikipedia: offspring at least bear the same mutational load as their parents. [this] results in accumulation of deleterious mutations (harmful mutations) in an irreversible manner.Since deleterious mutations are harmful by definition, accumulation of them would result in loss of individuals and a smaller population size. Small populations are more susceptible to the ratchet effect and more deleterious mutations would be fixed as a result of genetic drift. This creates a positive feed-back loop which accelerates extinction of small populations.

Posted by Marilyn Tojo7566 2020-05-08 20:19|| 2020-05-08 20:19|| Front Page Top

#13 ...maybe, maybe not. I live in Black Plague country. It still kills. However, if you follow common sense protocols, you avoid any personal experience with it.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-05-08 20:34|| 2020-05-08 20:34|| Front Page Top

#14 ^ you spray down the dust with a bleach spray, wear a mask, and sweep/clean slow

Posted by Frank G 2020-05-08 20:36|| 2020-05-08 20:36|| Front Page Top

#15 Hantavirus/Bubonic

Posted by Frank G 2020-05-08 20:37|| 2020-05-08 20:37|| Front Page Top

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