Posted on 03/10/2022 2:13:10 PM PST by buckalfa
The World Health Organization has confirmed the emergence of a new variant, dubbed deltamicron or deltacron — a combination of delta and omicron.
Five things to know:
1. Three COVID-19 infections in southern France were identified with a delta 21J/AY.4-omicron 21K/BA.1 recombinant, or deltamicron, according to a preprint published March 8 in MedRxiv. The study, which has yet to be peer-reviewed, found that the hybrid genome has signature mutations of the two lineages. It's similar to cases reported for 15 other patients sampled since January 2022 in Europe. The mutation is misidentified with current PCR variant screening, so researchers designed and implemented a new test to diagnose the variant.
2. The new coronavirus variant has been detected in France, the Netherlands and Denmark, according to WHO officials. It's also been found in the U.S., according to a new report soon to be published by MedRxiv, as viewed by USA Today.
3. The U.S. study findings come from San Mateo, Calif.-headquartered lab Helix, which works with the CDC. The lab sequenced 29,719 coronavirus samples collected nationwide from Nov. 22 to Feb. 13, according to the findings cited by USA Today. Researchers found two infections involving different versions of deltacron, resulting from the combination of delta and omicron genetic material. Twenty other infections had both the delta and omicron variants, with one case having delta, omicron and deltacron.
4. "We have not seen any change in the epidemiology with this recombinant," WHO COVID-19 technical lead Maria Van Kerkhove, PhD, said of deltacron during a March 9 media briefing. "We haven't seen any change in severity. But there are many studies that are underway."
5. Recent findings from the Pasteur Institute in France also provide evidence of a delta and omicron recombinant. In response to the findings, Dr. Van Kerkhove urged individuals to revisit a Feb. 22 WHO briefing where officials discussed the possibility of coronavirus recombinants.
"This is to be expected, especially w intense circulation of omicron & delta," she tweeted March 8.
I’m waiting for Herculeancrom! Which I believe would be the final crom. Or would it?
Umm, yeah, okie dokie.
Let the Covidians worry about it.
#pureblood for life
I think the final cron would be omegacron, or is that a wrist watch?
Like I give a F about covid....
I’d like to see a disease that either wipes out liberals or installs rational thought and common sense in liberals.
The latter being impossible.
Damn good post. Concur.
Wait! Is the deep state Ukraine narrative falling apart already?
No that would be Omegacron lol.
Seconded
Just
No
Some of the medical whores did not get the Ukraine memo yet—they were stuck in the lab staring at their microscopes.
;-)
This is getting ridiculous. Everyone should know by now that according to science, mutation of a virus makes the virus more infectious but less lethal.
Faucicron
Chiwoocron
Xidocron
Kievacron
Mexicron
Andromedacron
Huntercron
Bushiecron
Really I think they know we are tired of all the corona stuff.
I expect a bird flu.
Make sure you get your ‘multiflu’ jab and update your vaxport asap
What does this one do, make you crap you pants and cause massive inflation ?
I’m waiting for the Godzilla variant to appear in Tokyo.
Maybe the fukushimacron variant will appear first?
Hope the French government isn’t cracking down on ivermectin the way our government is.
“This is to be expected, especially w intense circulation of omicron & delta,”
So, what is to be expected with the intense circulation of mRNA treatments and these viruses?
How about among children, who catch everything?
(Human == Bat)
The Chinese Communist Party told the WHO to keep the Fake Pandemic going
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