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New COVID strain 'not any more serious' than common version, White House testing chief says
Just the News ^ | December 27, 2020 | Susan Katz Keating

Posted on 12/27/2020 9:31:23 AM PST by CheshireTheCat

A new strain of coronavirus detected in the United Kingdom is not more threatening than the version that currently predominates throughout the world, the White House COVID testing chief said.

Admiral Brett Giroir, an M.D. and assistant health secretary, made his comments about the more infectious strain today on "Fox News Sunday."

"We don’t know if it’s here or not, there’s certainly a possibility that it’s here or not," Giroir said while appearing on the show. "It is not any more serious than the normal stains of COVID. You can still protect yourself by the mitigation measures … we have no evidence to suggest, nor do we believe that the vaccine would not be effective."...

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The trouble is you don't know who to believe about what anymore.
1 posted on 12/27/2020 9:31:23 AM PST by CheshireTheCat
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To: CheshireTheCat

Dont viruses often become less virulent az part of changing to more contagious?


2 posted on 12/27/2020 9:37:50 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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The trouble is you don't know who to believe about what anymore.

That has been the case all through 2020 and with this virus!

3 posted on 12/27/2020 9:40:59 AM PST by eeriegeno
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To: CheshireTheCat

But didn’t the British scientists tell us that it is 70% more infectious than the common version?

If so, and it’s just about as serious as the common one, then it is STILL bad new. I’d rather have a WEAKER strain even if more infectious.


4 posted on 12/27/2020 9:41:13 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: CheshireTheCat

Mutations are usually weaker. We still have the Spanish Flu....but it’s in a much weakened state.


5 posted on 12/27/2020 9:41:28 AM PST by MuttTheHoople (What if the Lord sent COVID-19 to immunize the world from something more deadly?)
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To: CheshireTheCat

It is no worse than influenza A or B in death rate and case numbers.
Masks, face shields and bandanas are worthless for flu and covid.
Flu cases are now being added into covid count.


6 posted on 12/27/2020 9:44:56 AM PST by doc maverick
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To: CheshireTheCat

No replication is ever perfect, thus “mutation”. It is exceedingly rare for a replication mistake to be in the viruses favor, yet most beat the fear drum in hopes no one will crack a textbook and learn for themselves.


7 posted on 12/27/2020 9:48:19 AM PST by walkingdead (We are sacrificing American youth's future on the altar of our own fear. And it is a travesty.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Good questions, but the clincher for me was, “”We don’t know if it’s here or not, there’s certainly a possibility that it’s here or not,...”

Most of them weaken with mutations so I’m guessing that if they can’t verify the “reports” that a more infectious version is out there, they need to brew another cup of tea and check the leaves again - that’s where the “science” seems to be going with Covid.


8 posted on 12/27/2020 9:48:49 AM PST by trebb (Fight like your life and future depends on it - because they do.)
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To: CheshireTheCat

Well, the new strain is already in Canada. From the WaPo:

“The variant has also been detected in France, Denmark, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands, Germany and Italy.

In Canada, Ontario’s chief medical officer announced Saturday that they had confirmed two cases, the first detection of the variant in North America. The patient, a couple, had no known travel history, meaning it was probably a case of community spread.”


9 posted on 12/27/2020 9:50:46 AM PST by ltc8k6 ( .)
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To: CheshireTheCat

Just nature’s way of increasing herd exposure


10 posted on 12/27/2020 9:54:18 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Who built the cages, Joe?)
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To: CheshireTheCat

Bodies everywhere...


11 posted on 12/27/2020 10:02:47 AM PST by choctaw man (Good ole Andrew Jackson, or You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma...)
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To: CheshireTheCat

Don’t let facts get in the way of a new shutdown...

Our Overlords sure won’t.....


12 posted on 12/27/2020 10:08:13 AM PST by nevergore (I have a terrible rash on my covfefe....)
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To: CheshireTheCat

Believe only this one thing and you will be OK

The government lies to you


13 posted on 12/27/2020 10:12:59 AM PST by Truthoverpower (The guv-mint you get is the Trump winning express ! Yea haw ! Trump Pence II! Save America again )
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To: CheshireTheCat
70% more contagious, or maybe not.

Less virulent, or maybe not.

Either way, let's keep COVID in the news, keep the fear going. When no one shows up for the inauguration, they'll have a good reason handy.

14 posted on 12/27/2020 10:21:20 AM PST by ZOOKER (Until further notice the /s is implied...)
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To: BenLurkin

Yup. Mutations happen to keep the virus going. If a virus kills its host it cannot survive. Even viruses want to exist


15 posted on 12/27/2020 10:43:13 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the cloudso)
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To: Nifster

I’d suggest folks freeze eggs/sperm before getting the vac

Be on the safe side if you can

Schwab-Gates-UN types are executing their “Great Reset” right now

https://www.technocracy.news/fauci-looks-to-un-to-rebuild-the-infrastructure-of-human-existence/


16 posted on 12/27/2020 10:51:51 AM PST by combat_boots (Hi God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her. Merry Christmas! In God We Trust! )
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To: CheshireTheCat

for scientists this is interesting

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In medical school during an endocrinology lecture I remember the speaker stating that adipose tissue basically functions as an endocrine organ. Via multiple signals the adipocytes promoted an inflammatory state. This is how I have reasoned the increase in mortality in obese patients.


“However, it should not be overlooked that most processes in the immune system initiated by vitamin D occur together with vitamin A [196].”
“This is my theory when combined with the fact that Vitamin D is absorbed by fat cells, the available Vitamin D for the immune system is woefully low for obese people.”


17 posted on 12/27/2020 11:00:37 AM PST by RummyChick (I BLAME KUSHNER)
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To: CheshireTheCat
The virus only mutated to increase R, but otherwise same old bug? How convenient.
18 posted on 12/27/2020 11:02:45 AM PST by StAnDeliver (Eric Coomer of Dominion Voting Systems Is The Blue Dress)
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To: CheshireTheCat
And a simple vitamin compound would kill it all off..... at 10 cents per day!

https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2132002319131/studies-suggest-4-vitamins-to-lower-risk-of-severe-cases-of-covid-19?s=oldSite&ss=a99

19 posted on 12/27/2020 11:48:15 AM PST by high info voter
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The trouble is you don't know who to believe about what anymore.

I don't believe the alphabet media at all anymore and I take into consideration that Newsmax and OANN sources are susceptible to turncoat political interference also.

20 posted on 12/27/2020 12:27:19 PM PST by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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