Covid-19
SARS-CoV-2 Outlook in October 2020
As very many do, I have been trying to form my own personal, data driven, opinion on the evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic; or the...
Case Fatality Rate and Mortality Rate
During these sad and trying times, in the middle of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, it is easy to be confused. Classical medias and social media...
Molecular Evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 Virus
As described in another post, it appears that the daily Case Fatality Rate (CFR) for the Covid-19 pandemic, in the US, has been steadily...
Molecular Evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 Virus – Methodology (Part 1)
Similarity calculations in SARS-CoV-2 genomes published in GenBank (aligned to the oldest SARS-CoV-2 genome published in GenBank) can be...
Molecular Evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 Virus (Part 2)
I discussed, in another post, that SARS-Cov-2 sequences published in NCBI GenBank are mostly incomplete. It is not possible, at this point...
Molecular Evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 Virus (Part 2) – Methodology
A quick and effective calculation of Single Nucleotide Variants in SARS-CoV-2 genomes published in GenBank (aligned to the oldest...