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So the question I wonder.... did humans give the mink the bug, it evolved in them, and now it’s reinfected the humans.
Really bummed I live in a world with gain of function research... this awful bio-weapon has really gotten out of hand.
Wow, there's a lot here:
Denmark will cull its mink population of up to 17 million after a mutation of the coronavirus found in the animals spread to humans, the prime minister said on Wednesday.
Health authorities found virus strains in humans and in mink which showed decreased sensitivity against antibodies, potentially lowering the efficacy of future vaccines, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said.
“We have been informed by Denmark of a number of persons infected with coronavirus from mink, with some genetic changes in the virus,” WHO said in a statement emailed to Reuters in Geneva. “The Danish authorities are investigating the epidemiological and virological significance of these findings.”
The country already had plans in place to ban mink farming, paying farmers to get out of the business, but this will accelerate things a lot.