A new Covid variant found in Asia is the most mutated version of the virus yet, according to scientists. The morphed Delta variant was swabbed from a patient in Jakarta, Indonesia. It has 113 different mutations, 37 of which affect the spike protein – the part used by the virus to latch on to humans. The new strain has been labelled the “most extreme,” with the Omicron variant having around 50 mutations by comparison.

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    1 year ago

    Oh yay can’t wait for this new version to join the Covid party I’ve been hosting since spring of 2020 when my partner’s shitstain whore of a coworker in fucking Texas decided lockdowns are for pussies, then popped over to Mexico for some nightclub action and returned to infect 14 of his first responder colleagues and their families.