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Jon
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Interesting thread about the sequencing of the Coronavirus. The scientist here is worried there’s a massive outbreak currently in Washington.
He found a variant/mutation in a gene sequence (this is where nucleotides differ in a small portion of a gene, for instance in his screenshot it looks like a A is replaced with a T)
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A good way to understand this is comparing two strands of DNA in humans. Variants occur in any genome, this isn’t just a virus thing it’s genetics.
You can see a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) is the only thing that separates these two strands from being identical...a substitution in a single nucleotide pair.
This makes it pretty easy to identify specific gene mutations, and thus, virus/strain mutations...where they’re going and how long they’ve been in certain areas. This isn’t good for Washington.
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He found a variant/mutation in a gene sequence (this is where nucleotides differ in a small portion of a gene, for instance in his screenshot it looks like a A is replaced with a T)
Thread by @trvrb: The team at the @seattleflustudy have sequenced the genome the #COVID19 community case reported yesterday from Snohomish County, WA, and hav…
Thread by @trvrb: The team at the @seattleflustudy have sequenced the genome the #COVID19 community case reported yesterday from Snohoand have posted the sequence publicly to gisaid.org. There are some enormous implications here. 1/9 @seattl…
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A good way to understand this is comparing two strands of DNA in humans. Variants occur in any genome, this isn’t just a virus thing it’s genetics.
You can see a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) is the only thing that separates these two strands from being identical...a substitution in a single nucleotide pair.
This makes it pretty easy to identify specific gene mutations, and thus, virus/strain mutations...where they’re going and how long they’ve been in certain areas. This isn’t good for Washington.
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Jack Locke
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I read earlier in the week that Wuhan received a 50 ton shipment of vitamin C. ?? No other details were available.
Sandbar
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Vitamin C in high doses is apparently a wonderful treatment option. I got bird flu while serving in Afghanistan in 2010. They treated me with high dose Vitamin C and it turned my symptoms around in 24 hours
Heelyes
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Second person dies in Washington.
snowlover91
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Jack Locke
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I've been following this story since December, the only info on the virus is mild coldlike symptoms or death, highly contagious, and should die off in warm humid conditions.? Won't hurt to give it a try vitamin C, elderberry syrup........
Jon
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Not only treatment but a preventative in general during cold season.
My go to is Airborne and 1000mg of elderberry (not joking and no I don’t believe in essential oils, but elderberry actually has support from clinical trials — people always give me a funny look when I recommend this)...I usually take it if I feel like I’m coming down with a cold and it either nips it in the bud or shortens the duration. If we start to have confirmed cases in NC it will be daily until this virus is controlled.
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snowlover91
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At this point I think it’s safe to say there is no stopping the spread of this virus. It’s already all over the world, you can’t shut down all the world economies and manufacturing now and my assumption is that’s probably why China is starting to open factories back up. It’s probably spread through a good portion of the US with the way people travel and there could be people who only have mild symptoms that are never diagnosed with it spreading it.
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Jon
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If taking elderberry I would recommend extract capsules and not the syrup, as the syrup doesn’t seem to have a high enough effective dose.
Per this trial I’d recommend at least 900mg, so 1000mg capsules are a good choice. Quoting you but I’m just mentioning this in case someone wants to supplement with elderberry.
“The trial dose used here is similar with participants required to take two capsules per day (600 mg) during the priming phase (before travel, −10 until −2 days) and three capsules per day (900 mg) while travelling and overseas (−1 until +4 days).”
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Jack Locke
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Hate to say it like this, it’s only gonna get worse before it gets better, be prepared, but don’t be loaded in fear
Storm5
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Who was in his 70s with underlying health conditions
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