While America's obsessed w/elections, Europe is freaking out about a mutant form of #SARSCoV2 in mink animals & people: Denmark seals off 7 municipalities in north Jutland. Train & bus traffic is discontinued. Reason: first infections of residents w/mutated species of the virus.
I'm going to forward info about the mink/mutant #COVID strain because most of my followers likely missed it, amid the elections tension.
So, this thread will be heavy with links.
Denmark
washingtonpost.com/world/mutant-m…
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"A Dutch virologist and zoonosis expert, Wim van der Poel, said more research was needed but that even without the mutation, a reservoir of the virus in mink or others of the mustelid family such as badgers and martens was to be avoided."
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theguardian.com/environment/20…
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The mutation in mink is DIFFERENT from another new strain in Europe: "new variant of the disease, identified as 20A.EU1 by researchers from Switzerland & Spain... has been recorded in Spain at frequencies of above 40% since July"
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cnbc.com/2020/10/29/cor…
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It should also NOT be confused with mutation D614G
which now dominates the world and may be more infectious than the original version from Wuhan. It appears to be highly prevalent in Texas.
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msn.com/en-us/health/m…
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Authorities found #SARSCoV2 virus strains in humans & in mink that showed decreased sensitivity to antibodies. Denmark's PM Mette Frederiksen said. "The mutated virus in mink may pose a risk to the effectiveness of a future #vaccines ."
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reuters.com/article/health…
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#COVID19 in farmed minks has been reported from 5 countries: the Netherlands, Denmark, Spain, USA & Sweden, suspected also in Italy.
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lav.it/cpanelav/js/ck…
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One of the first reports of a new mutated strain of #SARSCoV2 in mink came out of the Netherlands on April 26th.
At the time, only 2 farms were involved.
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nltimes.nl/2020/04/26/min…
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By Sept Denmark's leading govt lab id'ed 2 diff #SARSCoV2 mutant strains in mink & warned, "The devel of virus in mink w/more & more mutations in the spike protein & spread to humans poses a potential danger to publ hlth & to the effects of a #vaccine."
information.dk/telegram/2020/…
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Many strict hygiene measures were imposed on mink farms in Denmark, but the virus proved too contagious -- both for mink & people. So the govt. ordered mass mink killing.
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DR.DK/NYHEDER/REGION…
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In the USA the mutant #SARSCoV2 seems to be extremely deadly for the animals. This is partly because the animals are caged tightly together, but the mutations may also have adapted COVID to mink ACE2 receptors.
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forbes.com/sites/saratabi…
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Back in June, Dutch researchers definitively proved mink-to-human transmission of a mutant #SARSCoV2 occurred. Since then, dozens of mink-2-human cases have been reported in at least 5 countries.
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eurosurveillance.org/content/10.280…
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The contagion issue & lethality in mink are a bit scary. The Dutch reported half of the nation's mink population died of the virus by mid-October.
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volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achterg…
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This: "A human infects a mink, which subsequently infects many othr minks: mustelids are very susceptible to the virus. Those minks then infect othr people & stray cats in the company. 'The source is people. Then it jumps frm animal 2 animal & sometimes back 2 humans'."
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The Danish govt is constantly updating its mink #COVID19 map, indicating which farms have infected & dying animals. foedevarestyrelsen.dk/Leksikon/Sider…
As today's map shows, the entirety of northern Denmark is a problem now.
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The @USDA has issued guidelines for American mink farms, trying to limit spread in the U.S. through hygiene and, as a last measure, killing the animals.
aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/…
and
apps.fas.usda.gov/newgainapi/api…
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A contact tracing analysis shows the first person to contract the mink mutant form of #COVID had symptoms on March 23, so the strain has been circulating almost from the beginning of Europe's #coronavirus epidemic.
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eurosurveillance.org/content/10.280…
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The same study shows the animals die of severe pneumonia, and autopsies reveal devastated lungs. Genetic sequence analysis shows two clear clusters of mutations, tightly linked to known human strains of #SARSCoV2 .
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