[FRIAM] Pragmaticism and puritanism

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I tried to make this point at an earthquake preparedness meeting last night and failed miserably. Thanks for the Tang cite.

On 3/11/20 11:06 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote:
> I would not count on just one dangerous serotype of SARS-CoV-2.    The L type that is currently more dangerous is not the ancestral form, which suggests it is adapting to humans.   It is a big virus (~28k kilobases) meaning it has more degrees of freedom to adapt.   The recent study from China (Tang, et. al) only looked at a 103 sequences.   It could evolve in many different directions (and it may have already done so) if hundreds of thousands of hosts and social interventions are forcing it to; more serotypes could emerge and your immunity could be short lived.

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