Coronavirus 2019-2020 thread (no unsubstantiated rumours!)

KYli

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We are doomed.
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NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- First responders on the front lines will have access to a COVID vaccine in just a few weeks, but a recent survey revealed that more than half of FDNY firefighters will refuse a COVID vaccine.

The survey polled over 2,000 members and around 55 percent of them said they would not get vaccinated. On Sunday, union representatives spoke about their findings.
 

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NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- First responders on the front lines will have access to a COVID vaccine in just a few weeks, but a recent survey revealed that more than half of FDNY firefighters will refuse a COVID vaccine.

The survey polled over 2,000 members and around 55 percent of them said they would not get vaccinated. On Sunday, union representatives spoke about their findings.
It seems like the mainstream media has been out of touch with the views held by much of the US society.
At first, it would appear that right-wing populism is a political view of the minority, not the majority, then it would appear that anti-intellectualism is the view held by a small minority, now it would appear it has become a deep-ingrained problem, strong enough to cripple even basic response to a crisis. Anti-vax used be seen as opinions held only by a few exasperated soccer moms, now it appears to be a commonly held view throughout all segments of society.
 

B.I.B.

Captain
Variant A of the virus, which appeared in a few countries during the early outbreak, also appeared in China but only as a small outbreak. The major outbreak in Wuhan is caused by the Variant B virus. If China is the source of Variant A then one should expect the major outbreak in China should start with Variant A and NOT Variant B.

I think they should do a reanalysis of the genome samples with the addition of those samples newly discovered in Italy, Spain, and possibly other countries.
Can you remember why they were named variant A. B. C. To me A would be the first strain and so on.
 

KYli

Brigadier
It could be earlier since Brazil has already received the interim report in early Dec and should be available to the public on Dec 15. But I guess Bolsonaro would do anything to delay the rollout.
Most populous Brazil state aims to start vaccination Jan. 25
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It didn't take long for Murdoch's NYP to pick up this propaganda story and publish its own version.
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Quickie

Colonel
Can you remember why they were named variant A. B. C. To me A would be the first strain and so on.

You're right. The alphabetical order follows the time progression of the mutation.

That was how the different variants of the virus were named in one of the earlier studies of the virus genome. Each of the variants (A, B, C ...) actually represents a group of the virus subvariants which is only different from each other by one to a few mutations.

This way, variant A in China maybe just one or two mutations away from let's say the variant A in Australia.
 
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