Prognosis
Covid Mutants Multiply as Scientists Race to Decode Variations
- Genomic data on infections floods computers compiling evidence
- Mutant called D614G started off cascade of covid variants
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When Bette Korber, a biologist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, spotted the first significant mutation in the Covid-19 virus last spring, some scientists were skeptical. They didn’t believe it would make the virus more contagious and said its rapid rise might just be coincidence.