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Will ‘Centaurus’ be the next global coronavirus variant? Indian cases offers clues
Nature ^ | Ewen Callaway

Posted on 09/05/2022 4:32:30 PM PDT by nickcarraway

The BA.2.75 variant is rising fast in the country, but hospitalization rates are low so far.

As countries await the end of COVID-19 surges caused by the variant BA.5, researchers are on the lookout for what will come next.

An Omicron subvariant called BA.2.75 — and nicknamed ‘Centaurus’ by some on social media — is rising fast in India. A few scientists are sounding the alarm, whereas others say it’s too early to tell whether the variant will spread widely. In India, it doesn’t yet seem to be driving up hospitalization or death rates.

BA.2.75 has been detected in more than 20 countries worldwide, and researchers are waiting to learn whether it will substantially elevate case numbers after a wave of infections with BA.5.

A slew of studies suggests that the two variants have roughly similar capacities to dodge immunity conferred by infection and vaccination. This suggests that ‘Centaurus’ might not push cases much higher outside India — at least not while population immunity is high and before the variant picks up many extra mutations.

On the alert Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 variants is falling by the wayside in many countries, but India seems to be at the epicentre of the spread of BA.2.75. This mutation-laden lineage evolved from the BA.2 subvariant of Omicron, which spread widely in early 2022 (see ‘Pathogen progression’).

(Excerpt) Read more at nature.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Local News; Science
KEYWORDS: centaurus; covax; covid19; covid1984; scamdemic; vaccines

1 posted on 09/05/2022 4:32:30 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Otherwise known as the Mid-term variant?


2 posted on 09/05/2022 4:33:39 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (81 million votes my ass.)
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To: nickcarraway

What has become of us that we’re waiting for the next virus? the programming has worked well. It would help if we had an honest government and media.


3 posted on 09/05/2022 4:35:21 PM PDT by dljordan
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To: EvilCapitalist

Does anyone think have a new lockdown/pandemic will help incumbents? It didn’t help Trump.


4 posted on 09/05/2022 4:37:12 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
Oh for the love of mike.... just stop it.

It's a flu.

Treat it like one.

5 posted on 09/05/2022 4:37:21 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (The nation of france was named after a hedgehog... The hedgehog's name was Kevin... Don't ask)
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To: nickcarraway

“Centaurus” sounds pretty Hollywood. It has a good beat and you can dance to it. Would probably focus group well in terms of memorability and impact. So yeah, I’d say it has a decent shot at being the Hip New Variant that takes us into election season.


6 posted on 09/05/2022 4:43:09 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: nickcarraway

2 Thessalonians 2:11

“And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:”

King James Version (KJV)


7 posted on 09/05/2022 4:45:41 PM PDT by Varsity Flight ( "War by the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite prayer warriors. 10.5.6.5)
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To: EvilCapitalist

Winner

🏆🏆🏆


8 posted on 09/05/2022 4:53:03 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: nickcarraway

And still more Covid fear porn.

Hurry, rush right out and get your new, never tested on humans, sniffles vax.

Seriously, they are so intent on pushing on people injections that they don’t need.

I don’t take medical treatment for things I don’t have a problem with.

What I have the problem with is why they are so intent on getting these injections to as many US citizens as possible.


9 posted on 09/05/2022 5:01:23 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: metmom

The answer to your question, in the form of an instrumental piece:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s09GOrBUrKY


10 posted on 09/05/2022 6:17:02 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: Varsity Flight

A post from a previous thread - I added a bit to the original one and saved it for threads like these.


The parallels are downright eerie.

A clear warning of things to come.

Covid-19 came as a snare. Now it’s not THE snare.

But still, it came as a snare. UPON THE ENTIRE WORLD.

A snare that came upon the entire world and institutionalized Global tyranny almost overnight.

Determining if you can travel, buy and in some cases sell.

Or if you can even work a job.

Tyranny upon tyranny.

The parallels are just too eerie and too spot-on.

This is a very clear foreshadowing and the sheep are blind to it.


11 posted on 09/07/2022 12:42:04 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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