THE QUESTION.
During his hearing by the Senate commission of inquiry on September 15, Didier Raoult affirmed that the virus mutated more quickly this summer than during the first epidemic phase, before suggesting that these mutations could have made it less dangerous.
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It is not the same disease which circulates (...) There are various mutants currently which are correlated with the existence of forms which are less serious in terms of hospitalization, resuscitation and mortality
", reaffirmed the researcher in a video released on September 22.
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What do we know about the mutations that have affected Sars-CoV-2?
Did they really make him less virulent?
CHECKS.
Let us recall in the preamble that viruses are always mutating, and that Sars-CoV-2 is no exception to the rule.
Each time the virus replicates, copying errors occur in its genetic material.
As we explained in a previous article, this phenomenon is the engine of the evolution of living things.
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