[FRIAM] Pragmaticism and puritanism

[Marcus Daniels]

Maybe a DIYbio project is needed to deploy sequencing machines all over the place.   It seems crazy the US is so backward on this, with so much technology available to do surveillance.

On 3/11/20, 11:20 AM, "Friam on behalf of uǝlƃ ☣" <friam-bounces at redfish.com on behalf of gepropella at gmail.com> wrote:

    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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