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HIV patient had COVID for over 7 months, infection mutated over 30 times

Of the mutations found in the patient, both the UK and South African variants were noted to be present at one point or another throughout the length of the woman's infection.

A man walks past a poster covering the side of a building ahead of a 21 day lockdown aimed at limiting the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Cape Town, South Africa, March 26, 2020.

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An HIV-positive woman with a persistent coronavirus infection that lasted 216 days straight had the virus mutate within her over 30 times, according to new research.

The study, which has yet to be peer-reviewed, detailed the HIV-positive patient's more than seven month infection as part of a cohort study of 300 other people with HIV - exploring the effect of a SARS-CoV-2 infection when introduced to an immune system with a present HIV infection.

Of the mutations found in the patient, both the UK and South African variants were noted to be present at one point or another throughout the length of the woman's infection.

Throughout the course of the study, the woman, identified as being a 36-year-old living in South Africa, flip-flopped between stages of being asymptomatic and symptomatic, and through the symptomatic stages she reportedly shared some of the normal symptoms associated with a typical coronavirus infection - such as sore throat, cough, difficulty breathing, chest tightness, etc.

Read more: https://www.jpost.com/health-science/hiv-patient-had-covid-for-over-7-months-infection-mutated-over-30-times-670398

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On the first day of medical school this past week, a moment rich with history, 100 students assembled at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, all waiting to receive the traditional white coats, all wearing the far-from-traditional protective masks.

They sat in a much larger auditorium than usual, one with capacity for 1,100 students, and they were separated by much more than the required six feet for social distancing. The professors arrived in masks and switched them for face shields. At least the students could see their faces.

"It was surreal. It was odd. It was different than what I have been doing for 40 years," said William Schaffner, a professor at Vanderbilt, and past president of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.

As strange and uncomfortable as the last five months have felt, they are likely to be a preview of how our lives will look for the foreseeable future should COVID-19 become endemic, as many scientists believe it will.

"When we say endemic we mean that it will establish itself forever in humans," said Kathryn A. Hanley, a professor in the department of biology at New Mexico State University. "I think it will. I think that it's on its way to doing that now."

The likelihood is "100%," said Michael Osterholm, who directs the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota. "There is no reason to think a pathogen like this is going to eliminate itself once it has done what it's done. The idea that we are going to vaccinate this out of the world — that's just not the case.

Read more: https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2020/07/24/scientists-fear-covid-19-will-establish-itself-forever-humans/5470541002/

Fauci says he has been assigned personal security after receiving 'serious threats' to his family

Dr. Anthony Fauci at a House committee hearing on Capitol Hill on June 23, 2020. 

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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top infectious diseases expert on the White House coronavirus task force, says he and his family have been assigned personal security after receiving "serious threats."

Speaking on CNN's "The Axe Files" podcast, Fauci said the threats were of a different magnitude from those he received while working on the federal government's response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the 1980s and 1990s.

"I've seen a side of society that I guess is understandable, but it's a little bit disturbing," he said. "Back in the days of HIV when I was being criticized with some hate mail, it was, you know, people calling me a gay-lover and 'what the hell are you wasting a lot of time on that?'"

"I mean, things that you would just push aside as stupid people saying stupid things," Fauci said.

But the criticism this year is "really a magnitude different now, because of the anger," he said.

"As much as people inappropriately, I think, make me somewhat of a hero — and I'm not a hero, I'm just doing my job — there are people who get really angry at thinking I'm interfering with their life because I'm pushing a public-health agenda," he continued. 

He said he received "not only hate mail but also serious threats — it's not good. I don't see how society does that. It's tough. Serious threats against me, against my family … my daughters, my wife — I mean, really? Is this the United States of America?"

He said that the threats had led to him and his family being assigned personal security. 

Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/fauci-given-personal-security-after-threats-family-2020-7

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