Posted on 01/30/2024 4:48:42 PM PST by SeekAndFind
JN. 1, a highly contagious off-shoot of the Omicron strain, now makes up around 86 percent of COVID cases in the United States after accounting for less than 5 percent of infections nationally in early November, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports.
It's also the most dominant across the globe.
JN.1 cases in the US have doubled over the last month.
In late December, it caused 44 percent of cases in the US, after making up around 22 percent of infections in the middle of December.
That's around the time the World Health Organization (WHO) declared JN.1 to be "a variant of interest."
"Based on its genetic features, JN.1 may possess some antigenic advantage evading previous immunity," the WHO said. "While there is a rapid increase in JN.1 infections, and likely increase in cases, available limited evidence does not suggest that the associated disease severity is higher as compared to other circulating variants."
JN.1 was first identified in late August.
According to the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, "The increase in the number of cases caused by JN.1 corresponds to an overall increase in COVID-19 cases.
"Symptoms of JN.1 infection are very similar to those of previous omicron variants, and it doesn’t seem to cause more severe disease, either."
Just in time for the election.
Not vaxxed. No fear.
Current US COVID death count . . . between 50 and 100/day. It has never gone to zero.
No information on ages. 6 months ago Excess Deaths were concentrated in 65-84 age range, oddly dropping sharply for 85+.
Oh noes! I scare!
Quick - step up for your 8th vax booster!
There must be bodies in the streets stacked like cordwood. If I was brave enough to get out from under my bed covers, I’m sure I’d see that at the end of my driveway. But there’s not way I’m getting out of bed to go look. Far too dangerous. Nope.
I’m skeered.
Yawn.
There’s a cold going around. Not that surprising this time of year.
Here we go again.
yea i didn’t get the vax either so i’m not worried.
Then why the fear porn over every last variant of Covid?
Sheesh, get a grip.
The number of people I see masked up lately is pathetic. I can't fathom living in bondage to that kind of fear all the time.
And for someone to freak out so much over a cold, tells you what a fearful nature they have. It didn't start with just Covid.
LOL!
They get royalties if it is the variant they worked on.
They’re at it again!
So now all the pansy assed sissies are all scared and shaking in fear.
Maskerbaters are rejoicing!!!
“Symptoms of JN.1 infection are very similar to those of previous omicron variants, and it doesn’t seem to cause more severe disease, either.”
And?
then?
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