CDC reports a new strain of omicron taking over in the U.S.

Bleh-

a reply to: Antisocialist

I’ll make best effort to make it my New Years and future New Years resolutions…..

It will take some getting use to, having used …..” “….. with sourced links to dispel plagiarism ….over the past 12 years on ATS.

Old dogs have trouble with change….

Now if you could just show me how to use the Pushpin link feature…..that would be great.

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originally posted by: quintessentone

I just hope they will be able to tweak a vaccine that works.

Yup. Good luck with that. How many shots have you tested out now?

About the 3ed of Dec, I got sick with something for three days after hanging out with friends. They also got sick.
One went in for the COVID-19 test a couple of days later and showed POS for COVID-19,
by that time, the rest of us had got over what ever it was and did not get tested. What ever it was, I have had the flu that was a lot worse.
I am 72 and if it was Covid, it was not at all bad as they claim.
I am vac x 3.

Nothing new here. New sub-variant that is like Omicron = not particularly bad or anything to worry about.

But people, WORRY! Quick, panic!

I just hope they will be able to tweak a vaccine that works.

LOL, why? Because any of them have worked yet?

a reply to: Maxmars

I recently heard of a new 'unidentified' non-COVID virus going around....

There is. It's rampant in my area. And when tested, the tests come back non-covid. Our local doctor just reports it as "viral infection" type undetermined. And it doesn't correspond to the annual flu that the flu shot is for.

It's a mystery.

China says big payback is coming to countries who do not let Chinese citizens visit, without testing negative for COVID-19 first.

townhall.com...

originally posted by: carewemust
China says big payback is coming to countries who do not let Chinese citizens visit, without testing negative for COVID-19 first.

townhall.com...

Oh, no problem the chinses just need to send their citizens across the border, no testing requires, and they will get money for hotel too.

a reply to: Ophiuchus1

Let me guess - this new variant is only carried by murder hornets, who only swarm when there is global warming, and only in red cities and states... Hey, why not? Its as believable as any other crap they come up with...

Here's the scoop from a virologist, microbiologist and immunologist at Johns Hopkins about variants, in case anyone believes in the science.

Now, as virologist Andy Pekosz explains, some of these subvariants are each developing some of the same mutations that render monoclonal antibodies ineffective. What threats do these subvariants pose to the rest of our COVID-fighting arsenal?

Why are those mutations important? They eliminate parts of the viral spike protein targeted by the vaccine and by monoclonal antibody treatments, which a lot of immunocompromised people take because they don’t have very good responses to the vaccine.

The problem with SARS, though, is it’s mutating and evolving at a much, much faster rate than a virus like influenza is.

For the most part, the PCR-based tests are holding firm. They target regions of the genome where historically coronaviruses haven’t mutated much, so many of those PCR primers continue to recognize variants. We’ve had a few examples of tests that haven’t worked but then get updated. The companies are really looking at those sequences and are ready to update if anything would emerge that might interfere with their sensitivity of detection.

publichealth.jhu.edu...

Yeah, and it was all the so-called scientific professionals who told us the masks worked and so did the vaccines...

These are the same people who told us to stand six feet apart outside a restaurant, then go inside, sit next to each other, and remove the masks. Or stand six feet apart in line at the airport just to be smashed in between people you have never seen before for several hours.

This is when they officially lost me...