Posted on 04/19/2023 3:16:37 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A new COVID-19 variant fueling a rise in cases is causing a new symptom that has not been associated with the virus during the three-plus years of the pandemic.
The so-called Arcturus strain — officially known as XBB.1.16 — is believed to be one of the most infectious versions of the Omicron variant to date.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) variant tracker, XBB.1.16 United States cases have doubled in the last week.
Itchy, red eyes not seen in earlier waves "are symptoms of the new Omicron variant," according to a brand-new report by the Mayo Clinic.
"One new feature of cases caused by this variant is that it seems to be causing conjunctivitis, or red and itchy eyes, in young patients," according to Dr. Matthew Binnicker, the Mayo Clinic's director of the Clinical Virology Laboratory. "This is not something that we've seen with prior strains of the virus."
SPONSORED CONTENT Learn How Commercial Risk Will Restructure Healthcare... By Advisory Board Earlier report - COVID-19: Highly-Infectious 'Arcturus' Variant First Detected In NY Now Identified In 27 States Arcturus has a higher transmissibility rate than previous strains but doesn't appear to be more dangerous, the Mayo Clinic said in its report.
XBB.1.16 is causing increasing case counts in certain parts of the world, including India, and has been confirmed in 27 states, including New York, where it was first detected in January, as well as New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Maryland.
This continues to be a developing story. Check back to Daily Voice for updates.
Conjunctivitis seems like something that would spread among those with lowered immune systems.
Boring! 😆
I guess seasonal allergies will be Covid now...
The Chinese are still playing. Is the US still paying them to play???
Conjunctivitis was one of the adverse reactions for those who were vaccinated with the Covid-19 'vaccine'. The CDC's VAERS database (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System) has records of adverse events for all vaccines for the past 30 years, althought it only captures about 1% of all events. But, as it stands now, Covid 'vaccines' account for 25% of all cases of conjunctivitis reported to the CDC. So even though the 'vaccine' has only been around for a short time, one out of every 4 cases in VAERS was reported after a Covid 'vaccine'.
https://medalerts.org/vaersdb/index.php
Biden's medical fascists just take adverse events from the Covid-19 'vaccine' records in VAERS and call it a new version of Covid because the vaccine inducted suppression of immune system function often provides 'Covid-like' symptoms anyway.
“Lock me down harder, daddy Joe!”
it seems they may have added some hemorrhagic virus code
A covid virus with hiv and hemorrhagic viri inserts sounds like a fun thing for everyone.
and allergy season is just beginning here in upstate ny..you know...those itchy eyes etc etc
I’m so happy my family never fell of the covid scamdemic clot shots and face mask bullshit. I feel sorry for the sheeple that were led blindly off that cliff, of which many have perished or soon will.
Is there nothing Covid can’t do?
My gawd, I have got to catch this thing, so I can train it to make my bed and a cup of coffee every morning
If you take the shots and boosters, you have no immune system left. If the shots don’t kill you with side effects, the lack of an immune system will.
Hands sprouting out of ears.
Feet turning into flippers.
We had an appointment today at law office, and while waiting for the appointment time to arrive, we were sitting outside. A lady came of of the office next door, wearing a mask. As she looked toward us, I could see the look of someone in fear of life. In Texas. On a warm spring day. SMFH.
My give-a-shat is done broke.
I’ve been half sick the last few days and even took a couple hours off work
I assume it’s allergies but my eyes and been swollen red and goopy for last two days
Full functional today , and no I’ve never taken those shots and never will
The new symptoms of hysteria.
My Sinuses have Exploded today with lots of sneezing....
A booster with a Twist of 🍋
Lemon perhaps?
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Glad I’m wearing a Mask.
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PlanDEMIc of the jabbed.
Ted cRuz was just on Newsmax, talking about the open border crisis, and, sporting what looked like pink eye 😳
Hope he’s okay….we know he has to be jabbed, right?
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