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Arizona

Kali

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10. I think our early on cases were coming from CA

Reply to stopdiggin (Reply #5)

Sun Jul 12, 2020, 01:54 PM

Jul 2020

"The earlier strains that came into Arizona didn't have this mutation and those strains didn't go on in most cases to cause any type of sustained outbreaks," Engelthaler said. "They typically fizzled out."

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oh yay! Mutation in dominant Arizona coronavirus strain may make it more infectious [View all] Kali Jul 2020 OP

That herd immunity thing GOP politicians were all secretly gunning for applegrove Jul 2020 #1

Kicking for visibility love_katz Jul 2020 #2

Republicans have accelerated the mutation rate LunaSea Jul 2020 #3

When you feed the Dark Side, it grows within you and strengthens. NBachers Jul 2020 #4

thanks. but this has been the dominant strain in the US (and Europe) stopdiggin Jul 2020 #5

I think our early on cases were coming from CA Kali Jul 2020 #10

This is not news. denem Jul 2020 #6

Nor is it more deadly. Weaker but more infectious, I think. GreenPartyVoter Jul 2020 #9

... Kali Jul 2020 #11

Yeah, maybe that explains "the recent explosion of cases in the state." BadgerMom Jul 2020 #7

yeah, I found that to be quite a stretch Kali Jul 2020 #12

oh crap. This is just great... :P yuiyoshida Jul 2020 #8