IHU: New Covid variant with 46 mutations worries experts in France

[SF1900]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ihu-covid-variant-france-mutations-b1986953.html?amp

While the world is grappling with the highly infectious Omicron, strain of Covid, scientists in France have identified a potentially worrying new variant, which has 46 mutations.

Named IHU, the new B.1.640.2 variant has so far infected 12 people living in southeastern France. The first case was linked to a person with a travel history to Cameroon, western Africa, said researchers in a paper published on medRxiv.

[bhank]

It is going to keep mutating and getting stronger because it was genetically designed in a godamn bioweapons lab

[joswift]

there are thousands of mutations, there were 4000 in November 2020

[IroNat]

If this keeps up they'll run out of Greek letters.

[falco]

If this keeps up they'll run out of Greek letters.

Should be chinese letters.

[Les Grossman]

OAK (Howard) will be first in line for the 4,000 vaccine shots.

[GymnJuice]

It is going to keep mutating and getting stronger because it was genetically designed in a godamn bioweapons lab

I think it will probably gradually become more contagious but less severe with each new strain and eventually blend into the rest of the colds and flus.

[Fortress]

Hahahahaha!

Run for your lives!

Hahahahaha!

[G_Thang]

there are thousands of mutations, there were 4000 in November 2020

Wrong. there were 4000 mutations with 1000s of mutations within those mutations.  I'm getting tired of this. Every cell buster (I mean chest buster from Aliens  ) is slightly different from the parent who infected an individual cell.