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 ...
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.
I’m heading to the bunker for two weeks to flatten the curve.
GAFs=zero. Another compliance test. 🚫😷💉💊🐂💨💩
I’m going to mask up with 2, N95’s—
Sure they do.
Any lockdowns scheduled?
> That’s the only thing that can save us.
And socialism.
The sky is falling The sky is falling ... oh wait. It’s only raining Leftist Bullshit again.
I should be good my toilet paper reserves have been refilled.
Its a COLD. The covid scamathon is over.
In less-alarmist language, there’s a cold going around.
Midterms right around the corner. Gotta get those Dem ballots collected for House and Senate, then shut the Trump economy down.
Funny how these Covid strains only come around when Donald J. Trump is President. /sarc
Well at least we know the flu will “disappear” again this year.
Just ask Fauci what he had put into this one.
>> LP.8.1 variant of SARS-CoV-2, a descendant of the JN.1 lineage
“a cold” is easier to say (and spell).
Fauci’s experiment is breeding in the wild.
Sorry, after COVID-19 I no longer trust the Medical community.
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