5/26/20 - smart, useful, science stuff about COVID-19
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SCIENCE: 1) It’s true that SARS-CoV-2 is mutating, but some coverage has represented this change as a cause for concern. A 5/26/20 story by Erin Garcia de Jesus for Science News explains what a mutation in genetic material is and why these mutations so far in the new coronavirus are normal and not meaningful to scientists. The story also describes what scientists would have to see in SARS-CoV-2 mutations to grow concerned about new viral “strains,” a term that reportedly is not well defined:
5/26/20 - smart, useful, science stuff about COVID-19
5/26/20 - smart, useful, science stuff about…
5/26/20 - smart, useful, science stuff about COVID-19
SCIENCE: 1) It’s true that SARS-CoV-2 is mutating, but some coverage has represented this change as a cause for concern. A 5/26/20 story by Erin Garcia de Jesus for Science News explains what a mutation in genetic material is and why these mutations so far in the new coronavirus are normal and not meaningful to scientists. The story also describes what scientists would have to see in SARS-CoV-2 mutations to grow concerned about new viral “strains,” a term that reportedly is not well defined: