Is Our Pandemic the Ghost of the 1889 Russian Flu?
The ‘dreaded disease’ that claimed 1.5 million looks a lot like COVID-19, including the long-term threat posed by ‘viral promiscuity.’
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Omicron may not be the final variant, but it may be the final variant of concern
This fact has become abundantly clear during the pandemic, as new variants of concern have emerged every few months.Some of these variants have been better at spreading from person to person, eventually becoming dominant as they out-compete slower versions of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.This improved spreading ability has been ascribed to mutations in the spike protein the mushroom-shaped projections on the surface of the virus that allow it to bind more strongly to ACE2 receptors.
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