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What's the relationship between the following?
Mutation rates (expressed as "mutations per year" for a virus like e.g. COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2). E.g. this article mentions "The rate looks to be about 24 mutations per year"
Actual virion replication error rates in a single host cell, measure...
I keep hearing people are recovering from COVID-19 virus, Is there any chance that same person effected with COVID-19 for second time?
As a general viral immunology question (rather than seeking personal medical advice).
Would a blood transfusion from a COVID19 surviver to a sufferer be worth researching as a possible form of treatment? There is evidence in other animals (elephants) that blood transfusions are beneficial agains...
Scientists have demonstrated that the new virus "enters human cells through an interaction with angiotensin-converting enzyme 2" hence the idea to target the gene that modulates this enzyme see here.
Wondering if there are other studies that have identified different genes that can be modulated...
Several articles describe the unique ways Covid-19 patients are being buried.
For example, in this Reuters article about Israel:
These included decontaminating and hermetically wrapping bodies in
double layers of polyethylene. For Jewish dead, ritual washing of the
body would be conducte...
