TichuBum
TichuBum t1_isu6cvx wrote
Reply to comment by find_your_zen in Boston University researchers claim to have developed new, more lethal COVID strain in lab - Researchers at Boston University added a spike protein from the Omicron variant with the original Wuhan strain, which has an 80% kill rate (in certain mice) by izumi3682
Interesting. Thanks for explaining. Still seems to fall way short of creating “the most contagious and deadly strain of covid” as suggested above, but I do appreciate that explanation.
TichuBum t1_isu6yze wrote
Reply to comment by TorchFireTech in Boston University researchers claim to have developed new, more lethal COVID strain in lab - Researchers at Boston University added a spike protein from the Omicron variant with the original Wuhan strain, which has an 80% kill rate (in certain mice) by izumi3682
Ah, and the spike protein is what causes the increase in contagiousness. Gotcha. Thank you.