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Why a highly mutated coronavirus variant has scientists on alert (www.nature.com)

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[–] Silverseren@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago

Yeah, the Pirola variant has around 30 mutations as compared to other variants recently. The actual effect of these mutations is still being investigated, but what has been uncovered thus far doesn't look good.