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[blackhawks]

What are the odds that freddy is headed for a rendezvous with the destiny implicit in his board name?

[dropdeadfred]

not worried at all

[BlindSquirrelFindsNuts]

Can we assume the reduction in Qwhackanons will be directly proportional to the increase in B...? Please let it be so!

[BullNBear52]

Rock concert tonight. No masks required.

[fuagf]

B.1.351, and the rest. Coronavirus Variants and Mutations

By Jonathan Corum and Carl Zimmer Updated March 22, 2021

Each coronavirus contains nearly 30,000 letters of RNA. This genetic information allows the virus to infect cells and hijack them to make new viruses.

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News and updates

March 5 Scientists find the E484K mutation in a sample from Portland, Oregon.

Feb. 23 Added the B.1.526 variant, which is spreading in New York City.

Feb. 23 Studies suggest that a variant discovered in California is more contagious.

Feb. 17 Maryland confirms its first case of the P.1 variant.

Feb. 16 Massachusetts confirms its first case of the B.1.351 variant.

Feb. 15 Added the Q677 spike mutation, which was found in several lineages in the U.S.

Feb. 15 B.1.351 is confirmed in a Connecticut resident hospitalized in New York City.

Feb. 13 Studies suggest B.1.1.7 is likely more deadly than other circulating variants.

Feb. 11 Illinois and North Carolina confirm their first cases of the B.1.351 variant.

Feb. 7 South Africa stops using AstraZeneca’s vaccine against the B.1.351 variant.

Feb. 7 The B.1.1.7 variant is doubling every 10 days in the United States.


Variants of concern

Lineage ... Variant name ... Status

B.1.1.7 Variant of Concern 202012/01, or 501Y.V1 Emerged in Britain in December and thought to be roughly 50 percent more infectious.

B.1.351 501Y.V2 Emerged in South Africa in December. Reduces the effectiveness of some vaccines.

P.1 501Y.V3 Emerged in Brazil in late 2020. Has mutations similar to B.1.351.

B.1.427, B.1.429 CAL.20C Common in California and thought to be about 20 percent more infectious. Carries the L452R mutation.


Variants of interest

Lineage .. Variant name .. Status

B.1.525 — Spreading in New York. Carries some of the same mutations as B.1.1.7.

B.1.526 — Spreading in New York. One version carries the E484K mutation, another carries S477N.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/health/coronavirus-variant-tracker.html