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Intra-host diversity in vaccinated Covid patients infected by different variants

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1 points by VagueMag 3 years ago · 2 comments

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VagueMagOP 3 years ago

> Overall, the relatively higher intra-host diversity among vaccinated individuals and the detection of immune-escape mutations, despite being rare, suggest a potential vaccine-induced immune pressure in vaccinated individuals.

  • jleyank 3 years ago

    Pretty much everything puts evolutionary pressure on the virus. If the host keels over 1s after infection, that line's going to die out. If the antibodies from vaccination/infection target an invariant portion, the virus might effectively die out (polio, measles, etc). Ideally, between vaccination and infection we've proceeded to an equilibrium - the nasties have been outcompeted or died out and (way) fewer people have been keeling over. If/when Covid truly behaves like the flu it will be another of the coronaviruses causing colds of varying severity.

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