COVID-19·Last nightAn HIV variant recently discovered in the Netherlands has existed for decades, medical experts and fact-checkers sayOn February 3, researchers from the University of Oxford’s Big Data Institute published a study on the discovery of a "highly virulent variant of subtype-B HIV-1" or "VB variant" in the Netherlands. Scientists say, however, that this variant has been around for decades and, while more contagious, it is responsive to today's HIV treatments and medications. Some social media users have misrepresented this study and made false assertions about its origin.Photo via @ScienceMagazine
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