COVID Drug Drives Viral Mutations
February 9th, 2023Via: Nature:
A drug widely used to treat COVID-19 might be spurring the evolution of new SARS-CoV-2 variants.
The drug, molnupiravir, works by introducing a flurry of mutations to the viral genome; this helps to clear infections. But a study of more than 13 million SARS-CoV-2 sequences has uncovered sequences that bear molnupiravir’s fingerprints. The study’s authors say the results suggest that molnupiravir treatment has sparked the evolution of viral lineages carrying numerous mutations that, in at least some cases, have the capacity to spread to other individuals.
1. probably not an accident (i.e., they knew this would happen and that’s why they’re doing it)
2. humanity is quickly becoming a parody of itself, as it becomes more and more obsessed with controlling the practically infinite variation and complexity that is Nature. It would be laughable, if only there were a way to either regain our sanity or escape to a sane world out there somewhere. Unfortunately…