CoVid19 Part X - 1,564 cases ROI (9 deaths) 209 in NI (7 deaths) (25 March) *Read OP*

StupidLikeAFox wrote: »

???

If it was indeed a lie, they could have issued this public appeal for PPE 5 days ago be instead of lying about it and waiting for the PPE to run out before issuing the appeal. I believe its called flattening the curve!

fritzelly wrote: »

Talking about mutations is pointless, this has been known for a while, means nothing right now - NY Post is on Daily Mail levels of reporting

STB. wrote: »

Someone asked me for a link.

The story about the Icelandic tests into mutations has not been known for a while and the full report has not been seen as yet. The story only appeared in the last few days.

If you don't the understand the relevance to mutating viri don't post anything at all.

Now, whats was your point, that you stuck your neck in

murpho999 wrote: »

Because I stick to verifiable facts not anecdotes or just your own opinion and I don't resort to insults.

murpho999 wrote: »

No we're not, we're a month into treating something that has developed into a pandemic. Big difference.



Yes, less than 4 times our population but 40 times our death rate. How do you explain that?

Your border argument is weak when you see what's happening in Germany. I think they'tr in big trouble.



Maybe but cases have come from everywhere.



For me you lose all creditbility in claiming to educate yourself with the New York Post, basically the equivalent of The Sun in the US and the same owners.

No evidence in that article at all.

Scientists have tracked 40 mutations of coronavirus - in Iceland alone
Icelandic genetics company DeCode Genetics has tracked 40 mutations of coronavirus in Iceland. A true scenario is that the virus develops to become more contagious, but less dangerous for those affected, according to the Danish virologist Rodrigo Antunes


Icelandic health authorities have found 40 mutations of coronavirus among those infected in the country. A single person has been shown to be infected with two variants of new coronavirus.

Health authorities, in collaboration with private genetics firm DeCode Genetics, have tested 9,768 people for coronavirus. But it has not only been tested for coronavirus infection. A full resequencing of the infections found has also been carried out.

"We can see how viruses mutate," explains Kári Stefánsson, Director of DeCode Genetics for Information.

'We've found 40 iceland-specific mutations in the virus. We found a person who had a mixture of viruses. He had viruses from before and after the mutation, and the only infections that can be traced back to that person are the mutated virus.'

In addition to helping the Icelandic health authorities carry out tests, DeCode Genetics has carried out the re-sequencing of the cases of coronavirus found – both the cases identified by the authorities and the cases found by the company Even.

In this way, it has been possible to trace in detail the spread of the infection in the small Icelandic community, which has just over 364 000 inhabitants.

The many mutations in Iceland do not surprise Professor and Virologist Allan Randrup Thomsen from the Department of Immunology and Microbiology at the University of Copenhagen.

'Coronavirus is known as a virus that can mutate reasonably heavily. We've seen reports of variants from China already. That way, it fits well with what you would expect," he says.

DeCode's gene sequencing has identified three groups of infections, says Kári Stefánsson of DeCode Genetics:

'We've got the genes from more than 400 infections. The interesting thing about the sequencing is that we can track where the virus came from. Some came from Austria. There is another type from people who were infected in Italy. And there is a third type of virus found in people who were infected in the UK. Seven people had been to a football match in England.'

A total of 473 people infected have been found in Iceland since 28 September 2004. The first case was discovered on February 11. One person has died and 12 are hospitalized.

The Icelandic health authorities have tested all of the individuals who either showed symptoms, were sick or were at risk of coronavirus.

In addition, DeCode Genetics tested 5,571 people who did not show symptoms of the disease and who were not at risk but who volunteered to be tested. The genetics company has found 48 cases of coronavirus in which the tested person did not show symptoms of any kind.

The company expects to publish the results of their studies on coronavirus and share data on gene sequencings.

"We have shared all results continuously with the Icelandic health authorities and will put all the sequencings into an international database as soon as possible," said Kári Stefánsson.

Professor Allan Randrup Thomsen has not yet had access to the Icelandic data himself, but considers that the results as described 'make perfect sense'.

'It's interesting with the 40 specific variants that fall into three clusters that can be traced back to specific sources of infection. As a virologist, it is very exciting that you can start to see what routes of infection there are. It is also something that we will subsequently see in the epidemic – this kind of study – because we would like to see how the virus develops," says Allan Randrup Thomsen.

The virologist explains that it is entirely after the book that coronavirus mutates. He expects the virus to develop in the long run to be more contagious but less pathogenic.

'It's similar to the pattern that we see with influenza, and we can live with that. This means that the virus can infect more because it is better adapted, but it is not the pathogenic virus variants that survive. These are the variants that cause less disease.'

Professor Allan Randrup Thomsen expects that there will be more similar studies as the pandemic develops.

"Icelanders have for many years lived high on the fact that they have a small well-characterized population. They've used this to do genetic analysis of many different diseases, so I'm sure it's quality work.'

Chief epidemiologist in Iceland Thorolfur Gudnason expects the research results to prove extraordinarily beneficial around the world.

"We expect that all the work of testing large sections of the population will provide knowledge that can contribute to the world's efforts against this pandemic," he said Friday at a press conference in Reykjavik.

María Mjöll Jónsdóttir of the Icelandic Ministry of Foreign Affairs also explains that the Icelandic results are meant to be used internationally:

'Data collected at screening has already proved invaluable in risk management and decisions in relation to the epidemic. We believe that this data may be useful for other countries that have problems estimating the level of dispersal in society," María Mjöll Jónsdóttir writes for Information.

STB. wrote: »

What part of the story about the Icelandic tests discovering 40 did you not understand ?