<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Actually, I understand that a new mutation has occurred in Europe which makes that version of the virus less susceptible to the monoclonal antibody shot that Donald Trump got made by Lilly. It doesn’t, however, make it less susceptible to the vaccines that are almost ready.</div><div>And this version of the virus is vastly less prevalent than the prevailing version that came from the previous mutation.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Mike</div><div><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Nov 19, 2020, at 1:13 PM, Christina White via Lekooks <lekooks@lekook.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto">I’m finding each little bit in information helpful. Thanks.</div><div dir="auto">~chw</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 1:11 PM Harrahy, Elisabeth A via Lekooks <<a href="mailto:lekooks@lekook.org">lekooks@lekook.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Thanks, Paula. Interesting. I had seen other articles about this, too. This virus is an RNA virus instead of a DNA virus. RNA is less stable than DNA (breaks down quicker), but
it also mutates more. Influenza viruses are also RNA viruses, which is why we need to create new vaccines every year. So it will be interesting to see how long the new vaccines for the virus that causes COVID-19 are effective, both in terms of how long a
person sustains immunity, and how long it still matches the dominating strain(s) circulating among populations. </p>
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<p style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">There have been cases where RNA viruses have mutated into less lethal versions (e.g., they think that is what ultimately happened to the virus that caused the 1918 influenza pandemic),
but they can become more lethal, too... This mutation in the virus that causes COVID seems to have made it more transmissible, but not necessarily more lethal (unless you look at it from the standpoint that more people are likely to get it, which means ultimately,
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<p style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Stay safe.<br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 19, 2020 12:35 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Lekooks] Just got this COVID-19 update in my UW Mail</font>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi from Paula...In case you're interested in more info on COVID?
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<span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(197,5,12)"><a href="https://universitycommunicationprojects.cmail20.com/t/r-l-juiyiuhd-dtultjiytd-y/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:rgb(197,5,12)">Mutation in COVID-19 virus in Europe
led to its domination worldwide</span></b></a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(73,73,73)">A new study led by UW–Madison researchers found that a strain of the virus that causes COVID-19 mutated in Europe in February and that mutation is <a href="https://universitycommunicationprojects.cmail20.com/t/r-l-juiyiuhd-dtultjiytd-j/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(4,121,168)">now
the dominant form of the virus across the globe</span></a>. The mutation should not interfere with the effectiveness of vaccines against the virus.</span></p>
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