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Kent variant to become dominant strain

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    Posted: February 11 2021 at 3:37pm

BBC News - Covid-19: Kent virus variant 'on course to sweep world'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56019995

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What gets me is why won't the SA and Brazilian strains do the same thing? Their increase in transmissibility is pretty much the same.

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They probably will lol

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I'll just put this right here:

"...One study from South Africa published in pre-print format last month found the country’s indigenous mutation, 501Y.V2, showed “substantial or complete escape” from the human body’s neutralizing antibodies that target Covid-19.

“These data highlight the prospect of re-infection” and may “foreshadow reduced efficacy” of vaccines...."


https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/the-pandemic-discussion-forum/901816-south-africa-variant-501-v2-thread/page3#post907012

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