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This New ‘Ninja’ COVID Variant Is the Most Dangerous One Yet
Daily Beast via Yahoo ^ | 7/08/22 | David Axe

Posted on 07/08/2022 3:59:49 PM PDT by Libloather

The latest subvariant of the novel coronavirus to become dominant in Europe, the United States, and other places is also, in many ways, the worst so far.

The BA.5 subvariant of the basic Omicron variant appears to be more contagious than any previous form of the virus. It’s apparently better at dodging our antibodies, too - meaning it might be more likely to cause breakthrough and repeat infections.

Vaccines and boosters are still the best defense. There are even Omicron-specific booster jabs in development that, in coming months, could make the best vaccines more effective against BA.5 and its genetic cousins.

Still, BA.5’s ongoing romp across half the planet is a strong reminder that the COVID pandemic isn’t over. “We’re not done yet, by any stretch,” Eric Topol, founder and director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute in California, wrote on his Substack.

High levels of at least partial immunity from vaccines and past infection continue to prevent the worst outcomes—mass hospitalization and death. But globally, raw case numbers are surging, with serious implications for potentially millions of people who face a growing risk of long-term illness.

How COVID Could Screw You Worse With Each Reinfection

Equally worrying, the latest wave of infections is giving the coronavirus the time and space it needs to mutate into even more dangerous variants and subvariants. “The development of variants now is a freight train,” Irwin Redlener, the founding director of Columbia University’s National Center for Disaster Preparedness, told The Daily Beast.

In other words, unstoppable.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Health/Medicine; Science
KEYWORDS: ba5; chinavirus; covid; covid1984; dailybeastwith2backs; dangerous; davidaxe; fakenews; moreclotshots; moredeathjabs; newspuppetdavidaxe; ninja; variant
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Didn't Fauxci just end his really long vacation?
1 posted on 07/08/2022 3:59:49 PM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

I’m still waiting for the Godzilla variant of Covid.


2 posted on 07/08/2022 4:00:57 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Sodomy is nothing to be proud of.)
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To: Libloather

Ah, I see the new Mid-term variant has been anointed.


3 posted on 07/08/2022 4:02:00 PM PDT by comps4spice (Show me the incentives and I'll show you the outcomes --Charlie Munger)
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To: Libloather

🤮


4 posted on 07/08/2022 4:02:22 PM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: EvilCapitalist

Wow - this is pure evil. More contagious AND is better at dodging our antibodies!

Like buying a bottle of bleach that cleans AND whitens!


5 posted on 07/08/2022 4:04:14 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: Libloather
The only way to prevent China Virus is to nuke China, top to bottom. Leave it a total, smoldering, ruin, a sheet of nuclear glass.

6 posted on 07/08/2022 4:05:05 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: EvilCapitalist

The Thanos version will kill every other person with the snap of a finger.


7 posted on 07/08/2022 4:05:26 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Libloather

The only way it could be more dangerous is if it makes people more “liberal.”


8 posted on 07/08/2022 4:05:46 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Libloather

Oh lookie - just in time for the midterms...


9 posted on 07/08/2022 4:06:49 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: Libloather

Look it, I am a old man. I am frightened. I had the covid twice now. I don’t think I can survive another.


10 posted on 07/08/2022 4:07:07 PM PDT by redshawk ( I want my red balloon. https://youtu.be/VexKSRKoWQY)
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To: Libloather

Another coming plandemic.....
Setting stage for the Nov. Midterms.
How quaint.


11 posted on 07/08/2022 4:08:50 PM PDT by cranked
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To: Libloather

The hospitals have had two years to prepare for any “surge” in covid.

There is no need for masks or vaccines.


12 posted on 07/08/2022 4:10:21 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

To late. They have the missiles and the nukes.


13 posted on 07/08/2022 4:13:16 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: comps4spice

Just as I thought.


14 posted on 07/08/2022 4:14:44 PM PDT by DMD13
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To: Libloather

Why give the Nazi psychopaths at Daily Beast any publicity?


15 posted on 07/08/2022 4:16:00 PM PDT by sergeantdave
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To: Libloather
Science 101: Virus mutations become more infectious but less lethal. This is more fear porn in an election year.

Amusing anecdote: A guy in our garage band is recovering from Covid. He’s 70 and doubly vaxxed. He was incredulous last summer when he learned hubby and I weren’t vaccinated. I’ve had it twice and although I wish him well, I hope he learned a little lesson about the “vaccine.” 🤣

16 posted on 07/08/2022 4:16:09 PM PDT by Prince of Space (Let’s Go, Brandon! )
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To: Libloather

The crap is deep in this msm article

17 posted on 07/08/2022 4:16:34 PM PDT by Pollard (If there's a question mark in the headline, the answer should always be No.)
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Aren’t we a month or two early for the mail in / drop box variant?


18 posted on 07/08/2022 4:17:37 PM PDT by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: Libloather

The only people still playing this goofy game are democrats and other garden variety neurotics and hypochondriacs


19 posted on 07/08/2022 4:19:17 PM PDT by Levy78 (Reject modernity, embrace tradition. )
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To: Libloather

Vaxx
boosters
cases
danger
subvariants

On and on.

The word symptom does not appear anywhere in the “article.”

The word propaganda does come to mind.


20 posted on 07/08/2022 4:19:17 PM PDT by TLI (ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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