[Lekooks] Just got this COVID-19 update in my UW Mail

[Christina White]

I’m finding each little bit in information helpful. Thanks.
~chw

On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 1:11 PM Harrahy, Elisabeth A via Lekooks <
lekooks at lekook.org> wrote:

> 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.
>
>
> 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, that more people will die).
>
>
> Stay safe.
>
>
> Elisabeth
>
>
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> *From:* Lekooks <lekooks-bounces at lekook.org> on behalf of Paula Hillmann
> via Lekooks <lekooks at lekook.org>
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 19, 2020 12:35 PM
> *To:* <lekooks at lekook.org>
> *Subject:* [Lekooks] Just got this COVID-19 update in my UW Mail
>
> *EXTERNAL EMAIL*
> Hi from Paula...In case you're interested in more info on COVID?
> [image: image.png]
>
> *Mutation in COVID-19 virus in Europe led to its domination worldwide*
> <https://universitycommunicationprojects.cmail20.com/t/r-l-juiyiuhd-dtultjiytd-y/>
>
> 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 now
> the dominant form of the virus across the globe
> <https://universitycommunicationprojects.cmail20.com/t/r-l-juiyiuhd-dtultjiytd-j/>. The
> mutation should not interfere with the effectiveness of vaccines against
> the virus.
>
>
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