FabSwingers.com forum: New variant

By *ecretlyASoftie OP Woman
over a year ago

Hull but travel regularly

How do they know? How do they know how many and how transmissible? Do they genomic sequence all tests?!

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It’s all to do with the dna make up of the virus and change in the outer protein of the virus cell.

By *ola cubesMan
over a year ago

coatbridge

"How do they know? How do they know how many and how transmissible? Do they genomic sequence all tests?! "
the new variant that was found in the UK last week was sequenced from samples in Oct Nov so unfortunately we are always playing catchup

By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"How do they know? How do they know how many and how transmissible? Do they genomic sequence all tests?! "

They carry out genomic sequencing on approximately 10% of positive tests. Differences in transmissibility can be predicted by looking at where mutations occur but only confirmed by infecting animal models with the virus and studying the effects. That's why we still don't have a specific figure for the increase in transmissibility of the Kent variant. Those experiments and data analysis takes time.

If you search for The COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) consortium, they are co-ordinating genomic studying of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"It’s all to do with the dna make up of the virus and change in the outer protein of the virus cell.

This virus is an RNA virus (single stranded). There's no DNA within SARS-CoV-2

By *ecretlyASoftie OP Woman
over a year ago

Hull but travel regularly

"How do they know? How do they know how many and how transmissible? Do they genomic sequence all tests?!

If you search for The COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) consortium, they are co-ordinating genomic studying of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. "

Helpful answer thank you