C.1.2. evolved from C.1., a lineage of the virus that dominated infections in the first wave of the virus in South Africa in mid-2020. It has between 44 and 59 mutations from the original virus detected in Wuhan in China.
The research was published by South African groups including the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform, known as Krisp, and the National Institute for Communicable Diseases.
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-30/new-covid-variant-found-in-south-africa-has-concerning-mutations
As this thing continues to mutate one hopes that it can somehow fade out like the 1918 to 1920 Spanish flu did but it's sure not acting like this so far. IT's acting more like the common flu or cold which has been continuously mutating now for thousands of years.
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