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<p class="MsoNormal">In the words of Hannibal Lecter, “We begin by coveting what we see every day.”
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<p class="MsoNormal">That is, scientists study the North Americans and Europeans. Africans not so much. HIV variants, for example, have very different properties in Africa than in the U.S. because Africans expert a different kind of immune pressure.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Friam <friam-bounces@redfish.com> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Gillian Densmore<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 29, 2021 10:59 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [FRIAM] Omicron--what we know now<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">lol <span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">😂</span> yeah it feels like they're going: ok this is bad. Um um we didn't study! quick! off to the bat cave and find the cliffnotes!.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 11:32 AM Marcus Daniels <<a href="mailto:marcus@snoutfarm.com">marcus@snoutfarm.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Kind of get the feeling that surveillance deep in Africa isn’t close to telling the whole story, eh? How many chapters of this story have just been missed completely?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>From:</b> Friam <<a href="mailto:friam-bounces@redfish.com" target="_blank">friam-bounces@redfish.com</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Merle Lefkoff<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 29, 2021 10:12 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <<a href="mailto:friam@redfish.com" target="_blank">friam@redfish.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [FRIAM] Omicron--what we know now<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="gmail-m1169245283762544471gmail-font-copy" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2A2A2A">Omicron’s genetic profile is unique from other circulating variants, meaning it represents a new lineage of the
virus.<span class="gmail-m1169245283762544471gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-m1169245283762544471gmail-font-copy" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2A2A2A"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-m1169245283762544471gmail-font-copy" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2A2A2A">It is distinct from other variants in another crucial way: There are a greater number of mutations. Tulio de Oliveira,
director of the Center for Epidemic Response and Innovation in South Africa, said there are more than 30 mutations in the spike protein, the part of the virus that binds to human cells, allowing it to gain entry.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="gmail-m1169245283762544471gmail-font-copy" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2A2A2A">Scientists are worried that those mutations could make omicron more transmissible and potentially equipped to defy
immune defenses, making vaccines less effective. The WHO said last week that preliminary evidence suggests an “increased risk of reinfection” compared with other variants.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D.<br>
Center for Emergent Diplomacy<br>
<a href="http://emergentdiplomacy.org" target="_blank">emergentdiplomacy.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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