Virus gonna virus
This COVID-19 mutation may be more contagious: study
Scientists in a paper published Wednesday identified a new strain of the virus, which accounted for 99.9 percent of cases during the second wave in the Houston, Texas area.www.google.com
That's "new" information related to a mutation that was reported on 4 months ago. Even back then it was recognized as likely being a bit more infectious, but the Post headline, as is often the case, is misleading. The headline does not say the virus "may be evolving to bypass masks..." - the quote from NAIAD's Moren says, "“Wearing masks, washing our hands, all those things are barriers to transmissibility, or contagion, but as the virus becomes more contagious, it statistically is better at getting around those barriers,” Morens told the newspaper. That's a very different statement. Plus, it makes little sense to assume that a viral mutation which completely does not affect the size or conformation of the virus would have anything to do with the virus's ability to penetrate a filter or cloth mesh.
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