Preliminary data from South Africa suggests that the novel variant 501.V2 wasn't recognised by antibodies in 21/44 serum samples collected from people infected in the first wave - worth watching today's presentation for more info & caveats
This is the problem many of us have been concerned about - immune escape from new SARS-CoV-2 variants in addition to their increased transmission. In this case, in a quick (single?) evolutionary 'jump'.
"Activity against SARSCoV2 variants encoding E484K or N501Y or the K417N:E484K:N501Y combination was reduced by a small but significant margin" w/ cryoEM https://biorxiv.org/...
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No way to sugar coat it - this is not good news.
Great summary ~40mins in.
We don't know but a new report:
"Activity against SARSCoV2 variants encoding E484K or N501Y or the K417N:E484K:N501Y combination was reduced by a small but significant margin" w/ cryoEM https://biorxiv.org/...
但是總覺得不意外…………
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