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Will the New COVID-19 Vaccine Work Against the BA.2.86 Variant?
MSN ^ | 8/25 | Alice Park

Posted on 08/26/2023 3:15:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway

COVID-19 isn’t quite done with the world yet. Small surges of cases in the U.S., as well as upticks in COVID-19 hospitalizations over the summer, and new variants that weren’t around even three months ago, remind us that SARS-CoV-2 is still a health threat for the coming fall and winter.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to make a decision about which strain to target in the updated vaccine, which the agency says will be available in mid-to-late September. The FDA will be considering recommendations by the panel of independent vaccine experts it convened in June, which reviewed the latest data on an updated COVID-19 vaccine and which strains would likely be circulating in the fall and winter. The 21-member panel voted unanimously to update the next COVID-19 vaccine, and recommended moving from the current bivalent shot that targets two Omicron variants, BA.4 and BA.5, to now include a single XBB strain. The agency is still deciding which specific XBB strain the new vaccine will incorporate, although at the time, the dominant strain causing new infections was XBB.1.5.

As of the middle of August, however, new variants have emerged, and XBB.1.5 now accounts for around 5% to 6% of infections in the U.S. Omicron variant EG.5, a new evolution of XBB, is now the dominant variant, contributing to 20% of COVID-19 infections in the country, followed by Omicron FL.1.5.1, which accounts for 13% of cases. And two cases of BA.2.86, a descendant of XBB.1.5, have recently been reported in the U.S. It contains dozens of mutations that researchers are studying to understand whether the variant could potentially spread faster or cause more severe disease.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Health/Medicine; Science
KEYWORDS: biden; chinavirusvaccine; chinavirusvariant; covid19; covid23; electionvariant; fauchi; fearfearfear; letsgobrandon; rona; wuhanvirus
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To: arthurus

I’m an Sig Sauer fan myself.


41 posted on 08/26/2023 5:37:14 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore)
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To: nickcarraway; All

The vaccines are like Norton Anti-Virus. Norton creates the software virus and then markets his anti-virus software.


42 posted on 08/26/2023 5:40:08 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore)
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OH, THE NEW VARIANT IS TERRIBLE! << / sarc>>

Articles I've read, say you can get a fever, have either a dry, or productive cough, and have cold symptoms. OH, THE HUGE MANATEE!

I have not taken any CCP-Coronavirus shots and I won't take these, thank you very much!

43 posted on 08/26/2023 5:41:31 PM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian ( Ceterum autem censeo Justinius True-dope-us esse delendam)
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To: silverleaf

Excellent comments. You’ve got it exactly right.


44 posted on 08/26/2023 6:01:04 PM PDT by Blennos
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To: nickcarraway

I don’t know! I ain’t gonna try it!


45 posted on 08/26/2023 6:24:49 PM PDT by old school
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CDC Announces Deadly New 'Electionyearicron' Covid Variant
46 posted on 08/26/2023 6:49:49 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Jesus is LORD and Savior! And Donald Trump is President of the United States of America.)
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To: KTM rider

>> In my case I ( and all my co-workers) was blackmailed into becoming a “Covid victim” by taking a test WITH NO SYMPTOMs, tested positive, forced to take two weeks off WITH NO SYMPTOMS, reported to the CDC as a “COVID VICTIM” .

With all due respect, that should have been impetus to find another job.


47 posted on 08/26/2023 6:52:07 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Jesus is LORD and Savior! And Donald Trump is President of the United States of America.)
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To: Revel

Speaking of labs, what strain do you suppose the several hundred mice in CA were infected with, before they were destroyed?


48 posted on 08/26/2023 7:24:28 PM PDT by RideForever (Damn, another dangling par .....)
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To: nickcarraway

Did it work against the old variant?


49 posted on 08/26/2023 7:37:19 PM PDT by Dr.Deth
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To: nickcarraway

the virus variant is such a non issue that folks are having to be tested to see if they have it or not apparently


50 posted on 08/26/2023 8:07:42 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: Dr.Deth

Trump said it did.


51 posted on 08/26/2023 8:08:17 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

I’ve read of a rumored BS 24/7 variant.

[someone else’s joke]


52 posted on 08/26/2023 8:13:01 PM PDT by Brian Griffin (ICCPR Article 15 No one shall be held guilty…on account of any act…not a criminal act...at the time…)
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To: NeverTyranny

I’m sorry to hear that. Some of my friends and relatives got jabbed, mainly because of their risk factors. I’m scared for them.


53 posted on 08/26/2023 9:52:32 PM PDT by skr (Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. - Proverbs 14:34)
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To: Allegra

When I left the house, I just wore a hat which I would use to cover my face if someone was bothered by my not wearing a breath-impeding mask. Happily, I’m in Florida and no one cared.

Who trusts any vaccine at this point?


54 posted on 08/26/2023 10:01:11 PM PDT by skr (Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. - Proverbs 14:34)
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Meanwhile, way back in 2020:



An excellent dry-run.......





Like a microchip implant for Covid-19 vaxx passports?




55 posted on 08/27/2023 5:24:47 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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