# Covid 19 new strain **URL:** https://metastudio.org/t/covid-19-new-strain/5480 **Category:** COVID Chat **Created:** [December 24, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/covid-19-new-strain/5480 "2020-12-24T19:23:27Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 7
### Author: ![sangmotiani](https://metastudio.org/user_avatar/metastudio.org/sangmotiani/32/6872_2.png) [@sangmotiani](https://metastudio.org/u/sangmotiani) #### Post date: [January 13, 2021, 10:09am UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/covid-19-new-strain/5480/7 "2021-01-13T10:09:08Z")
As mentioned by Drishant, certain mutations have emerged independently in other countries but didn’t gain prominence. Though, both the ‘B.1.1.7 UK variants & B.1.351 South Africa Variant’ represent unique combinations of mutations / deletions that have rarely been observed before, scientists speculate that the two lineages may have acquired those during a persistent infection in an immunocompromised patient. Treatment by convalescent serum (or mono- / polyclonal antibody therapies) might have played a role in the acquisition of those mutations (though note that neither of those lineages seems to be an immune-escape strain). So many man-made ways to promote escape variants, accelerate the evolution ✓promiscuous use of convalescent plasma ✓validated vaccine schedules ✓allow sustained, broad spread ✓don’t protect immuncompromised hosts [https://common.page/covid-19/Virus.Variant](https://common.page/covid-19/Virus.Variant) [https://common.page/covid-19/Virus.Variants.Origin](https://common.page/covid-19/Virus.Variants.Origin) We have been working on a new approach to dealing with information and sense-make in the digital world. Just like a navigation system, we are creating a path to evidence (simplifying your approach to get to the data/evidence). You can see it as Maps of evidence for community use- that are easy to explore, and as natural to read as a normal document. --- _[View the full topic](https://metastudio.org/t/covid-19-new-strain/5480)._