Dashmellow
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Epidemiologists fear that if SARS-COV2 infects immune compromised or HIV patients, risk of multiple mutations increases daily. Some think the Alpha variant occurred this way. There is good reason to prioritize vaccinations to hi-incidence areas rather than Covid-free or low incidence areas because of the possibility of a more virulent and complex variant emerging in immunocompromised patients.
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For anyone interested in getting into the weeds on this here is the paper describing the findings of the study on the woman with HIV on antiretroviral therapy who had the coronavirus for 216 days. The research is awaiting peer review.
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HIV Patient Sees Coronavirus Mutate 30 Times Over 216 Days - Interesting Engineering
In total, the virus was reported to have undergone 13 mutations to the spike protein and 19 others that could change its behavior.
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For anyone interested in getting into the weeds on this here is the paper describing the findings of the study on the woman with HIV on antiretroviral therapy who had the coronavirus for 216 days. The research is awaiting peer review.
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