Posted on 08/03/2023 1:34:08 PM PDT by Angelino97
Another Covid variant is taking off in Britain — but experts have today insisted there is nothing to panic about.
UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) bosses have raised the alarm about Eris, saying it already makes up one in seven new cases after reaching the UK towards the end of May.
Hospitalisation rates are also starting to shoot up, sparking concern that the nation may be on the brink of being hit by a fresh wave.
However, experts today claimed it shows no sign of being more dangerous than the other strains circulating, including its ancestor Omicron.
Officials also say they are 'closely' monitoring the spread of the virus.
Experts have speculated that the 'Barbenheimer effect' – referring to the release of Barbie and Oppenheimer – might have contributed to the rise in infections, as well as the recent bad weather and waning immunity.
Dr Simon Clarke, a microbiologist at Reading University, told MailOnline: 'Covid will continue to change and adapt.
'So we shouldn't be shocked or worried just because new variants appear and cause increasing numbers of infections.
'The protection against serious illness provided by vaccination is still holding up well and while numbers of infections go up and down, hospitalisations and deaths remain reassuringly low.'
He added: 'There's no reason to be complacent.
'But unless people are again admitted to hospital in large numbers and struggling to breathe, people should live their lives as normal.'
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Never thought Barbie & Oppenheimer would appear in the same sentence.
bad weather and movies: the latest and greatest disease vectors ... time to outlaw movies and ban bad weather ...
I’ve been seeing more people with masks on lately, the last week or so.
Coming soon to the US in 2024 a few months before the election.
Can you say mail in ballots?
Bingo!
Covid-19 is the fifth known coronavirus to infect humans.
Two others are still around. SARS and MERS. But they do not really get around although SARS almost did 20 years ago.
Yep.
Ah, we’re now used to the mandatory daily climate fear porn and we had a bit of relief from the formerly mandatory Covid fear porn that dominated our science and IQ challenged media a short time ago.
Since fall is around the corner, the media has bent over to assume the position and will start to obey orders for mandatory posting of “NEW FOR 2023” Covid Fear Porn.
Oh well, when one feels inadequate, one can turn to our media so we can see what a failure of intellect and honesty can do.
I think they need to start naming the variants after black women. That will scare people.
“Look out, the LaQuisha variant is on the loose!”
First fear porn alert of the season. Get those Covid shots now and be a head of the death curve. Double down and wear at least one mask and pray to Mother Science to spare you.
Vaccine sales off? No problem… dream up another strain of Covid and scare the crap out of the sheep.
So says Chicken Little
Wave of the jabbed.
Expected.
Why don’t they name the “variants” Chinese words?
It is almost like they told their agents in media to start the fear porn up again due to quarterly results disappointing
Pfizer reports mixed quarterly results on uncertain COVID outlook
Trending: Moderna Posts Loss as Vaccine Sales Decline
Today at 03:14 pm
Yes, I still see them in L.A.
US Excess Deaths: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm
Scroll down to select Weekly Deaths By Age, click update dashboard and scroll down a few lines to see death counts by age group.
The 85+ group no longer has excess counts. They die at the rate they died pre virus.
The 75-84 group has clear and distinct excess. US death counts from Covid remain about 40/day. Greatly diminished from Delta’s several thousand, but surprisingly not returned to 2019 number of 0 Covid deaths. I would suspect from the EDs that these are concentrated 75-84.
65-74 is also Excess. Less so.
Bottom line, the virus still kills people.
The younger age groups display no Excess. They are below 2020-2022. They die at the same rate as they did pre-virus.
This is true of the very young as well. No sign of Excess Deaths above pre 2019 counts.
We shall wait for this new arrival to re-examine EDs.
Jeez… THERE ARE ALWAYS NEW VARIANTS POPPING UP. BFD!
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-proportions
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