Some interesting info on variants, especially on the convergence of variants.

 

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-coronavirus-variants-dont-seem-to-be-highly-variable-so-far/

 

"The Coronavirus Variants Don’t Seem to Be Highly Variable So Far

SARS-CoV-2 may be settling into a limited set of mutations"

 

and

 

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2775006

 

"Genetic Variants of SARS-CoV-2—What Do They Mean?"

Easy way to find out, move to India for a while.

1 minute ago, Meat Pie 47 said:

Easy way to find out, move to India for a while.

Yawn.  Posted these for those who were interested in learning a little something about the variants.  

7 hours ago, cdemundo said:

Yawn.  Posted these for those who were interested in learning a little something about the variants.  

Yawn, they don't even mention the all important double mutation B.1.617 Indian variant.

22 minutes ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

Yawn, they don't even mention the all important double mutation B.1.617 Indian variant.

 

The authors of the articles I cited are:

 

Vaughn Cooper, Ph.D., is an evolutionary biologist and microbiology professor at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine. He directs the Center for Evolutionary Biology and Medicine.

 

Adam S. Lauring, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor in the Departments of Internal Medicine (Division of Infectious Diseases), Microbiology and Immunology, and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at University of Michigan

 

Emma B. Hodcroft. Phd

Post-doctoral Researcher in molecular epidemiology‬, University of Bern

 

I saw a cartoon with 3 scientists in a lab and one was working on a computer; I am imagining that the 3 scientists in the cartoon are Vaughn, Adam and Emma.

I will paraphrase the caption:

"Hey guys, I know we have devoted our lives to the study of microbiology and medicine... but this guy on Thaivisa Forum makes a lot of sense!"

 

Thanks for your input.

3 hours ago, cdemundo said:

 

The authors of the articles I cited are:

 

Vaughn Cooper, Ph.D., is an evolutionary biologist and microbiology professor at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine. He directs the Center for Evolutionary Biology and Medicine.

 

Adam S. Lauring, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor in the Departments of Internal Medicine (Division of Infectious Diseases), Microbiology and Immunology, and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at University of Michigan

 

Emma B. Hodcroft. Phd

Post-doctoral Researcher in molecular epidemiology‬, University of Bern

 

I saw a cartoon with 3 scientists in a lab and one was working on a computer; I am imagining that the 3 scientists in the cartoon are Vaughn, Adam and Emma.

I will paraphrase the caption:

"Hey guys, I know we have devoted our lives to the study of microbiology and medicine... but this guy on Thaivisa Forum makes a lot of sense!"

 

Thanks for your input.

I think you are right.  They should stop by and check Thaivisa more often, to get up to date information before they publish any more science papers.

Glad we could be of assistance.