elbows
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As anticipated, and now if verified, potentially the real fun begins.
Exclusive: Two variants have merged into heavily mutated coronavirus
The UK and California variants of coronavirus appear to have combined into a heavily mutated hybrid, sparking concern that we may be entering a new phase of the covid-19 pandemicwww.newscientist.com
I wonder how much public awareness of recombination there is. Its something I mostly only heard about when researching flu and pandemics a long time ago, and I used to find it a bit annoying that some scientists thought they spotted its fingerprints all over the place, whilst others were rather dismissive and tended to downplay how much of a role it had. But my knowledge on that is rather old and very incomplete, so I can at least look forward to the opportunity for humanity to understand it better and form some consensuses on its role with this pandemic virus and related coronaviruses.