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. 2020 Dec;69(12):1159-1161.
doi: 10.1007/s00011-020-01405-2. Epub 2020 Sep 28.

Don't worry! The next generation would be more resistant to SARS-CoV-2

Joseph J Bevelacqua  1 , Seyed Mohammad Javad Mortazavi  2
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Don't worry! The next generation would be more resistant to SARS-CoV-2

Joseph J Bevelacqua et al. Inflamm Res. 2020 Dec.
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A more realistic picture about the future of COVID-19 compared to the original figure of the Oberemok et al. Left: adopted from Oberemok et al. Right: some mutations increase the magnitude of transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Taking this factor and current uncertainties in to account, prediction of the future will me much more complicated that what is pictured by Oberemok et al.
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