<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">If you'd rather read instead of watch:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><h1 id="gmail-0508" class="gmail-kp gmail-kq gmail-cd gmail-cc gmail-dq gmail-kr gmail-ks gmail-kt gmail-ku gmail-kv gmail-kw gmail-kx gmail-ky gmail-kz gmail-la gmail-lb gmail-lc gmail-ld gmail-le gmail-lf gmail-lg gmail-ap" style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(41,41,41);font-family:medium-content-sans-serif-font,"Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Sans",Geneva,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:40px;letter-spacing:-0.022em;font-size:36px">Short Abstract</h1><p id="gmail-c694" class="gmail-jn gmail-jo gmail-cd gmail-jp gmail-b gmail-ga gmail-lh gmail-jr gmail-gd gmail-li gmail-jt gmail-ju gmail-lj gmail-gi gmail-jw gmail-lk gmail-gl gmail-jy gmail-ll gmail-go gmail-ka gmail-fa gmail-ap" style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(41,41,41);word-break:break-word;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:medium-content-serif-font,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:21px">We are facing the global shift of the SARS-CoV-2 variant — from D614 to G614. The G614 variant is more infectious in laboratory settings; whether it means increased viral spread in humans is unconfirmed. Current evidence says that the G614 variant is not any deadlier than D614. And so, treatment options should not be any more different. Both the D614 and G614 variants should react similarly to vaccines, studies suggest, as the mutation does not change the immunogenic part of the spike protein; that is, the receptor-binding domain (RBD).</p><p id="gmail-c694" class="gmail-jn gmail-jo gmail-cd gmail-jp gmail-b gmail-ga gmail-lh gmail-jr gmail-gd gmail-li gmail-jt gmail-ju gmail-lj gmail-gi gmail-jw gmail-lk gmail-gl gmail-jy gmail-ll gmail-go gmail-ka gmail-fa gmail-ap" style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(41,41,41);word-break:break-word;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:medium-content-serif-font,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:21px"><a href="https://medium.com/@shinjieyong/what-the-d614g-mutation-means-for-covid-19-spread-fatality-treatment-and-vaccine-7dda1c066f0d">https://medium.com/@shinjieyong/what-the-d614g-mutation-means-for-covid-19-spread-fatality-treatment-and-vaccine-7dda1c066f0d</a> <br></p></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font size="2">Ron Force<br>Moscow Idaho USA</font></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 10:38 AM Kenneth Marcy <<a href="mailto:kmmos1@frontier.com">kmmos1@frontier.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Coronavirus mutations</p>
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</p>
<p>The coronavirus is mutating. Now what?</p>
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<p><span dir="auto">The
coronavirus is mutating, and scientists are concerned about one
mutation in particular: D614G.</span></p>
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</span></p>
<p><span dir="auto">Here is
a YouTube video from Vox, time length: 6:35</span></p>
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<p><span dir="auto"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djy3WNLz_mM" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djy3WNLz_mM</a>
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<p><span dir="auto">This
video was posted today, 7 August 2020, and has about a quarter
of a million views at this moment.</span></p>
<p><span dir="auto">It is
intended to be informative rather than frightening, but, as has
been said, "Your mileage may vary."</span></p>
<p><span dir="auto">The
comments are interesting, if not entertaining, reading.</span></p>
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<p><span dir="auto">Ken</span></p>
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