{"id":605,"date":"2020-06-12T20:34:46","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T20:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/?p=605"},"modified":"2024-11-12T16:19:30","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T16:19:30","slug":"sars-cov-2-is-mutating-slowly-and-thats-a-good-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/12\/sars-cov-2-is-mutating-slowly-and-thats-a-good-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"SARS-COV-2 is mutating slowly, and that&#8217;s a good thing"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"605\" class=\"elementor elementor-605\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fbb8f71 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fbb8f71\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b8d6f4\" data-id=\"6b8d6f4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b63dbf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3b63dbf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SARS-COV-2 is mutating slowly, and that's a good thing<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bfbe08 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6bfbe08\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"666\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Covid-19.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-613\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Covid-19.webp 666w, https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Covid-19-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa2a6d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fa2a6d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;It isn&#8217;t going to be possible for us to truly be able to return to normal until we have a vaccine,&#8221; says <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bme.jhu.edu\/faculty_staff\/winston-timp-phd\/\">Winston Timp<\/a><\/span>, assistant professor of biomedical engineering in the Whiting School of Engineering, and who, along with Professor of Medicine <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hopkinsmedicine.org\/profiles\/results\/directory\/profile\/0005222\/stuart-ray\">Stuart Ray<\/a><\/span>, is leading the Hopkins viral genomics effort. &#8220;The low mutation rate of the virus means it should be possible to generate a successful vaccine,&#8221; he says, adding it also could boost efforts to develop potential treatments for the disease.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: #000000; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">Coronaviruses\u2014of which there are hundreds, most of them occurring in animals\u2014typically mutate more slowly than many other viruses. Influenza, for example, mutates quickly, which is why people must be inoculated annually against changing flu strains.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">Provided by <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: #e3e3e3; color: #ff6600;\" href=\"http:\/\/jhu.edu\/\">JHU.edu<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>To learn more, <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/hub.jhu.edu\/2020\/06\/10\/sars-cov-2-dna-suggests-single-vaccine-will-be-effective\/\">click here &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f37aebd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f37aebd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ca7f9f\" data-id=\"4ca7f9f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SARS-COV-2 is mutating slowly, and that&#8217;s a good thing &#8220;It isn&#8217;t going to be possible for us to truly be able to return to normal until we have a vaccine,&#8221; 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