Flurona in Israel

Viruses are named by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV).

They are named based on their genetic structure to facilitate the development of diagnostic tests, vaccines and medicines.

Hence the name Flurona, it was not named by the local botanical society!
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What do you want to bet someone is going to name their child after this strain! :) I said from the get-go that this virus is going to just keep mutating, so the announcement of Flurona was not surprising. A friend of mine were discussing the mutations and pondered ...what if each mutation continues to cause less and less severe symptoms :unsure: According to a news report I saw, since Flurona has been around for at least a month and has not started the rapid spread like Omicron, health officials are not that worried about it, at least not yet.
 

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