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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m reading that it has evolved into two forms, one more virulent (the one that hit Wuhan originally) and one less virulent - the less virulent is a bigger spreader, and less easy to contain through isolation, because it’s milder. The more virulent knocks people down and thus isolation and social distancing works.

This is as I expected: as it goes farther from the original source (Wuhan) and goes from person to person to person in less than ideal transmission circumstances (exposure to environmental influences that weaken it), it becomes less deadly.

Y’all need to factor in the way people live as well. If you think the people in Wuhan live in more or equal conditions of sanitation equal to the US and Western Europe, you’re insane. Ditto Iran.  Also, Italy has a LOT of smokers![/quote]

Got link about evolving? Thnx[/quote]

It's a preliminary paper from China - not peer-reviewed - that the media is picking up on. I'm looking forward to hearing from some experts on this. It could be a way to help China with a little CYA for the way it handled the outbreak in Wuhan.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/04/coronavirus-chinese-scientists-identify-two-types-covid-19.html

[quote]In a preliminary study published Tuesday, scientists at Peking University’s School of Life Sciences and the Institut Pasteur of Shanghai found that a more aggressive type of the new coronavirus had accounted for roughly 70% of analyzed strains, while 30% had been linked to a less aggressive type.

The more aggressive type of virus was found to be prevalent in the early stages of the outbreak in Wuhan — the Chinese city where COVID-19 was first detected late last year.

But the frequency of this type of virus has since decreased from early January.[/quote][/quote]

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