Denis - The COVID info guy -Sep 22, 2023

COVID variants evolve to achieve same goal.

“We’ve figured out how this virus is going to behave as it goes forward, or at least a big part of it,” he said. “And what we need to do, just like we do with HIV, is fight it with a cocktail of therapies.”

#COVID19 @auscovid19

Source: https://www.fiercebiotech.com/research/different-roads-same-destination-study-shows-show-covid-variants-evolve-suppress-immunity

Different roads, same destination: Study shows COVID variants evolve to suppress immunity

The spike protein on the surface of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has basked in the spotlight since the pandemic began. | In the world of COVID variants, many mutations seem to lead to the same goal: Evade innate immunity. By pinpointing key proteins that make this "convergent evolution" possible, researchers are on the way to finding new targets for therapies.

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Show threadErin Conroy

@DenisCOVIDinfoguy @auscovid19

It's insane to embark on a never-ending arms race with a virus that evolves lightning-fast, without simultaneously making an all-out effort to starve the virus of human hosts (i.e., mutation factories).

#COVID #ChronicCOVID #NOVID

Sep 22, 2023 at 3:15amWeb
Show threadWndlBSep 22, 2023
@chargrille But how?
Show threadBruce MirkenSep 22, 2023
@chargrille @DenisCOVIDinfoguy @auscovid19 I vaguely remember an ancient saying that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Seems relevant to #COVID19 #CovidIsNotOver
Show threadcwicseolfor (has moved!)Sep 22, 2023
@BruceMirken @chargrille @DenisCOVIDinfoguy @auscovid19 Not to the people selling “cocktails” of cure, which is the perspective we’re hearing here.
Show threadJ.H.NoyesSep 22, 2023

@chargrille

Host Denial is the only strategy that stands any chance of success.

@DenisCOVIDinfoguy @auscovid19 @shonin