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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I’m an Sig Sauer fan myself.
The vaccines are like Norton Anti-Virus. Norton creates the software virus and then markets his anti-virus software.
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!
Excellent comments. You’ve got it exactly right.
I don’t know! I ain’t gonna try it!
>> 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.
Speaking of labs, what strain do you suppose the several hundred mice in CA were infected with, before they were destroyed?
Did it work against the old variant?
the virus variant is such a non issue that folks are having to be tested to see if they have it or not apparently
Trump said it did.
I’ve read of a rumored BS 24/7 variant.
[someone else’s joke]
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.
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?
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