I can’t immediately think why a mink host would increase the probability of an antigenic mutation that would make a future vaccine less effective any more than a human host. Maybe @MackayIM would know?
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They are afraid because the 12 known Mincorona cases showed less antibodies then usual.
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The wild reservoir is a potential concern, but I’m not sure this is why they ordered this. Definitely a public health measure in of itself, but the discussion and referring to antigenic variations may mean there is an additional element to it.
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Ordered to stop spread of the virus among minks, to remove risk to the close contact humans, and to prevent further mutations in mink, I would have thought
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You mean the zoonotic reservoir would promote mutations? So any vaccine would need to evolve, sounds harder, more like flu? Just an amateur here, so I'm sorry if that's what you said!
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