Posted on 08/04/2021 9:21:36 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Or the Delta Dawn variant!
Or the Delta Force variant!
Or the Delta Airlines variant!
I’m sure the image you posted is interesting but it’s too small for my eyes to make out.
GOOD! The more variants the better. The sooner we will have herd immunity.
It’s showing in Washington State, the fatality rate from the dreaded Delta variant is 0.3%. Yawn.
here’s what I’ve gleened on D and D+ (first seen in Nepal)
B.1.617.2 (Delta) India: This variant was first detected in the United States in March 2021 and became dominant in May 2021, followed by 96% dominant in the UK by July. It’s estimated that 90% of Russian cases since June 2021 are Delta. It was initially identified in India in December 2020. - two key spike protein mutations — T478K and L452R — that allow it to infect cells more easily and evade the body’s immune response. the L452R mutation is thought to make Delta and Epsilon more infectious and resilient against vaccination. Delta has 20 unique mutations, one of which amplifies a mutation first seen in Beta that increases replication rate leading to much higher viral loads in a shorter period of time. It’s been said in India and Russia that Delta is more resistant to drugs used in hospital and larger doses are needed than for previous variants. All western nations are reporting that antibody protection against Delta is less than that of the original strain across the board - uninfected, reinfected, currently infected, cross-infected, and partly vaccinated with the best protection shown in those fully vaccinated.
B.1.617.?? (Delta Plus) - Nepal India - First isolated in India on April 5, 2021 and first seen in the UK April 26. By Jun 16, 197 cases in 11 countries. 40 cases of the variant were first observed in the states of Maharashtra, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh, India. UK cases were returns, transiting thru Nepal or Turkey. K417N, L452R, T478K. “The mutation K417N has been of interest as it is present in the Beta variant (B.1.351 lineage), which was reported to have immune evasion property,” India’s health ministry said in a statement. Shahid Jameel, a top Indian virologist, said the K417N was known to reduce the effectiveness of a cocktail of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies.
Because liberals only understand sequels. The haven’t had an original thought in more than a century.
Mail-in voting, forever !!!
sorry, Epsilon is taken:
B.1.427/429 - (Epsilon) (California) First reported Jan 2021 in California, exceeding 50% in California since February 2021, by end of July was in 34 countries. The L452R mutation reduced neutralizing activity of 14 out of 34 RBD-specific monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). The S13I and W152C mutations resulted in total loss of neutralization for 10 out of 10 NTD-specific mAbs (Epsilon is being displaced by Delta infections)
it’s a nasty little critter, not polite at all
Whatever happened to the Alpha, Beta and Charlie variants? I don’t even remember them.
Ha ha! Good one!
“One of the reasons that there is no vaccine for the common cold is because there are so many variants that it is not possible...”
Liar.
They are different viruses and many of them. They even are from different virus families, there are rhino viruses and coronaviruses.
Covid is of course a corona virus.
It’s now essentially a bad cold.
Never heard that Epsilon had made its debut.
Interesting.
What they are setting up and really want is a “public health emergency” in Autumn 2022, so they can suspend election rules and steal the next election. They know they can’t win it on the sorry record they are establishing.
"OH....MY......GAWD!"
Isn’t using the Greek alphabet for illnesses derogatory to the Greek people?
Who the Hell Hell are you you to tell us us what to do do??
What, they don’t like the word Epsilon for a 5th variant?
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