"How do they know? How do they know how many and how transmissible? Do they genomic sequence all tests?! "
the new variant that was found in the UK last week was sequenced from samples in Oct Nov so unfortunately we are always playing catchup
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"How do they know? How do they know how many and how transmissible? Do they genomic sequence all tests?! "
They carry out genomic sequencing on approximately 10% of positive tests. Differences in transmissibility can be predicted by looking at where mutations occur but only confirmed by infecting animal models with the virus and studying the effects. That's why we still don't have a specific figure for the increase in transmissibility of the Kent variant. Those experiments and data analysis takes time.
If you search for The COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) consortium, they are co-ordinating genomic studying of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. |
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"How do they know? How do they know how many and how transmissible? Do they genomic sequence all tests?!
They carry out genomic sequencing on approximately 10% of positive tests. Differences in transmissibility can be predicted by looking at where mutations occur but only confirmed by infecting animal models with the virus and studying the effects. That's why we still don't have a specific figure for the increase in transmissibility of the Kent variant. Those experiments and data analysis takes time.
If you search for The COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) consortium, they are co-ordinating genomic studying of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. "
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