I tried to make this point at an earthquake preparedness meeting last night and failed miserably. Thanks for the Tang cite.
On 3/11/20 11:06 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote: > I would not count on just one dangerous serotype of SARS-CoV-2. The L type > that is currently more dangerous is not the ancestral form, which suggests it > is adapting to humans. It is a big virus (~28k kilobases) meaning it has > more degrees of freedom to adapt. The recent study from China (Tang, et. > al) only looked at a 103 sequences. It could evolve in many different > directions (and it may have already done so) if hundreds of thousands of > hosts and social interventions are forcing it to; more serotypes could emerge > and your immunity could be short lived. -- ☣ uǝlƃ ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
