看看下面图中的棕\兰色图区随时间的变化,就知道这个变异早就有了。从三四月起全球流行,五月起占主要地位。
https://www.cell.com/cell/pdf/S0092-8674(20)30820-5.pdf
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200702144054.htm
The D614G variant first came to our attention in early April, as we had observed a strikingly repetitive pattern. All over the world, even when local epidemics had many cases of the original form circulating, soon after the D614G variant was introduced into a region it became the prevalent form.