Coronavirus’s ability to mutate has been vastly underestimated, and mutations affect deadliness of strains, Chinese study finds

• The most aggressive strains of Sars-CoV-2 could generate 270 times as much viral load as the least potent type
• New York may have a deadlier strain imported from Europe, compared to less deadly viruses elsewhere in the United States

“Drug and vaccine development, while urgent, need to take the impact of these accumulating mutations … into account to avoid potential pitfalls.”.

Read here (South China Morning Post, April 20, 2020)