There’s a reason why a new, more contagious variant of SARS-CoV-2 appeared first in the UK: The country does a lot of viral genetic sequencing. Since the start of the pandemic, researchers in the UK have uploaded 151,859 individual SARS-CoV-2 sequences to GISAID, an international platform for sharing viral genomic data. That’s the highest number of sequences shared by any country in the world.
>"The US lags behind on yet another tool to end the pandemic: Viral genomics."
>"The US lags behind on yet another tool to end the pandemic: Viral genomics."
>"The US lags behind on yet another tool to end the pandemic: Viral genomics."