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Cases of new Covid variant LP.8.1 double in UKExperts say the new variant is 'under monitoring' as it spreads rapidly, reaching 23 countries already
Wales Online ^ | 3/14/2025 | Neil Shaw

Posted on 03/15/2025 10:33:04 AM PDT by Vendome

A new Covid variant is causing thousands of infections with experts warning it has the potential to spread rapidly - and the number of cases it has caused in the UK has doubled in the last few weeks. The World Health Organisation says the new variant - LP.8.1 - is one of two designated a Variant Under Monitoring, the other being XEC. It has already been detected in 23 countries.

XEC accounts for around half of all infections with Covid, and the recently detected LP.8.1 is already responsible for around 10 per cent of infections in some places - and in the USA it has now surpassed XEC to become the most common strain, according to some reports.

"The LP.8.1 variant of SARS-CoV-2, a descendant of the JN.1 lineage, has been spreading rapidly across the globe." He added: "Viruses evolve to evade the immunity in the host.”

Sato said LP.8.1 shows higher immune resistance than JN.1, adding: “This is the concern. Based on our data, we cannot fully explain the reason why LP.8.1 possibly outcompetes XEC in some countries.”

(Excerpt) Read more at walesonline.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 03/15/2025 10:33:04 AM PDT by Vendome
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Bodies are piling up like cordwood! Crematoria working overtime. ICUs full. We are running out of ventilators!

Bring back the one-way aisle arrows at supermarkets. That’s the only thing that can save us.


2 posted on 03/15/2025 10:35:46 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (Democrats who say ‘no one is above the law’ won’t mind going to prison for the money they stole)
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A sociopath goes for a job interview (Tracey Ullman Show)
https://youtu.be/nTIfU4zMQWY?si=YKW-ccBNEr0X4dGR
3 posted on 03/15/2025 10:38:17 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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I’m heading to the bunker for two weeks to flatten the curve.


4 posted on 03/15/2025 10:42:21 AM PDT by shelterguy
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GAFs=zero. Another compliance test. 🚫😷💉💊🐂💨💩


5 posted on 03/15/2025 10:44:59 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within ? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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I’m going to mask up with 2, N95’s—


6 posted on 03/15/2025 10:46:58 AM PDT by Strict9
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Sure they do.


7 posted on 03/15/2025 10:47:47 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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Any lockdowns scheduled?


8 posted on 03/15/2025 10:47:48 AM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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> That’s the only thing that can save us.

And socialism.


9 posted on 03/15/2025 10:49:34 AM PDT by ArcadeQuarters (You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)
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The sky is falling The sky is falling ... oh wait. It’s only raining Leftist Bullshit again.


10 posted on 03/15/2025 10:49:59 AM PDT by antidemoncrat ( )
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I should be good my toilet paper reserves have been refilled.


11 posted on 03/15/2025 10:57:09 AM PDT by wild74
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Its a COLD. The covid scamathon is over.


12 posted on 03/15/2025 10:57:15 AM PDT by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and don't wish to smile.)
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In less-alarmist language, there’s a cold going around.


13 posted on 03/15/2025 10:57:20 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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Midterms right around the corner. Gotta get those Dem ballots collected for House and Senate, then shut the Trump economy down.


14 posted on 03/15/2025 10:57:58 AM PDT by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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Funny how these Covid strains only come around when Donald J. Trump is President. /sarc


15 posted on 03/15/2025 10:59:50 AM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children)
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Well at least we know the flu will “disappear” again this year.


16 posted on 03/15/2025 11:00:58 AM PDT by PTBAA
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Just ask Fauci what he had put into this one.


17 posted on 03/15/2025 11:10:38 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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>> LP.8.1 variant of SARS-CoV-2, a descendant of the JN.1 lineage

“a cold” is easier to say (and spell).


18 posted on 03/15/2025 11:34:01 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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To: Vendome; Jane Long; grey_whiskers

Fauci’s experiment is breeding in the wild.


19 posted on 03/15/2025 11:46:28 AM PDT by Arcadian Empire (The Baric-Daszak-Fauci spike protein, by itself, is deadly.)
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Sorry, after COVID-19 I no longer trust the Medical community.


20 posted on 03/15/2025 11:47:52 AM PDT by SoConPubbie (Trump has all the right enemies, DeSantis has all the wrong friends.)
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