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It's probably the responsible thing to do and Denmark is a 1st world country, so they can afford it. But would the same thing happen if this problem occured in a poorer country? Probably not. So isn't it inevitable that a similar mutation happens in mink in another, poorer country and that it then spreads from there?
Apparently a similar issue occurs with Raccoon Dogs in China, so I share your concerns.
A bit of background: It was discovered that Danish mink got infected by SARS-CoV-2 in June. There were local outbreaks at farms and some of these spread to nearby farms. Authorities scrambled and these farms were isolated and the mink killed. However, the spread continued to more than 200 farms, sometimes across large distances, and I still don't think the vector is known. Some speculate that birds might be the carri…
I still do not get it. 12 people have a decreased sensitivity to which antibodies? - some specific antibodies or antibodies in general? Which vaccine (or all of them)? Provided sources are vague about this. ( the best so far: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24991194 )
'Preliminary studies suggest that this virus exhibits decreased susceptibility to neutralizing antibodies from several people with a history of infection.'
This article may be unnecessarily alarmist: https://twitter.com/BallouxFrancois/status/13240857614493040...
This author agrees https://mobile.twitter.com/firefoxx66/status/132409515198431...
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I’ve tried a wide variety of plant based “meat”. I’ve also tried a wide variety of meat. Some of the plant based “meat” is surprisingly good, but “mind blowing” is going way too far, and setting up unrealistic expectations that will end up being detrimental to the goal of getting more people to reduce or eliminate meat.
It's subjective, but I personally find it mind blowing how similar Impossible Burgers or Beyond Sausage are to the real thing. I also find it mind blowing that I can create a vegan version of a British classic ;) sausage, chips, and beans and not be able to tell the difference from the real thing :)