Posted on 12/18/2020 4:35:38 PM PST by RomanSoldier19
A SEVERE VARIANT of the coronavirus has been detected in South Africa which could explain the rapid spread of a second wave that affects younger people, the health minister said.
Known as the 501.V2 Variant, it was identified by South African researchers and details have been sent to the World Health Organization, Zwelini Mkhize said in a statement.
A team led by the Kwazulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP), has sequenced hundreds of virus samples since the pandemic began, and “noticed that a particular variant has increasingly dominated the findings of the samples collected in the past two months,” he added.
It’s been reported that 88% of the latest results in the Western Cape province are from the new Covid-19 variant.
South African doctors have remarked that more patients are younger, and do not always have other conditions that amplify the virus’ effect, but are nonetheless suffering from more severe forms of Covid-19.
That “strongly suggests that the current second wave we are experiencing is being driven by this new variant,” Mkhize concluded.
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I would rather have ziyóu (自由).
I suppose they could go full Vampirella (Ardern - NZ) and lock the entire country down.
Do you just enjoy telling lies. Or is is that you have an anfends and want people to die?
Just curious if you are ignorant or a sociopath?
The odds are high. There is no new release
All you can do is criticize an autocorrect.
Fine. How’s the whole pope worshipping false gods at an inconcecrsred ALTAR. working for you.
I know what the story is in Florida. I was quoting pandemic level statistics. The comorbid state argument is a red herring. You get corona virus snd die from SARS it is a corona death.
I don’t known. Sometimes I eat lunch or dinner. Sometime i post after a shift. But correcting disinformation is the single most important thing. Attacking me when I post is a weak argument. Maybe like most Intensivist’s I work seven on and seven off. Maybe I am on surge call and only had to work half a day. Maybe sometimes I post int the middle of the night because I can’t sleep due to my work cycle change
While you smell a lark in my response I smell am asshole in yours I don’t care if you think I am an intensivist or not. But I enjoy the fact that you don’t offer an honest debate. You are so desperate for me to be wrong you attack my posting times. I guess if you knew anything about medicine you would know it would make sens that I post at all hours of day
Go screw yourself. Stay away from a keyboard. Unless you want to reveal to the whole world what a giant douche bag you are
I'm a hospital based RN. Our manager asked my department last week who would accept the vaccine. 11 No, 2 yes.
My wife, 1 daughter, and a niece are all RNs. We're all refusing it.
Precisely, it is all planned.
Interesting - that has not beer. the experience where I work but obviously acceptance of the vaccine will vary. I hope it works out well for you. All anyone can do is make their best judgement based on their personal circumstances
Exactly. Here's my own personal threat assessment breakdown: I've already been dealing directly with this virus for almost a full year now, since before any of us knew what it was. Extended close direct contact with positive, symptomatic patients. Several instances of unbroken 4+ hour stints (I'm an acute dialysis RN) in iso rooms with patients on bipap, with me wearing a reused N95. Numerous occurrences where we had been treating patients not on specific covid precautions that we later found out were positive.
Bottom line is, I am completely certain that I have been directly exposed to this virus more times than I can count. Yes, wearing PPE, but I'm not naive enough to believe that PPE is 100% infallible. Why? Because I know other front-line healthcare workers that HAVE become infected (all recovered without issue). I've also had some family that got it and got sick from unknown sources of community spread. Again, all recovered fine.
So my conclusion is this: if I haven't gotten sick with this yet, I'm immune. Either through subclinical infection at some point, or pre-existing immunity conferred by exposure to other coronaviruses (reference: The people with hidden immunity against Covid-19)
Why would I subject myself to the UNKNOWN risk of a brand-new mRNA vaccine that was developed, tested, and produced at "warp speed", to "protect" against something with an already known risk of ZERO?
“I know what the story is in Florida. I was quoting pandemic level statistics. “
I was quoting real-life. Yours is misleading. Where did you get it?
“The comorbid state argument is a red herring. You get corona virus snd die from SARS it is a corona death.”
If you have die in a motorcycle accident and you are positive you become a COVID death. Strange.
And yet you make up your own facts. There was no clinical trials. You have no clue what the results of these vaccines will be. A vaccine cannot be produced for a virus that has not been isolated. It was made based on a computer generated RNA that is thought to represent the actual virus.
Is the above an auto-correct also? I'm really beginning to question your credentials.
And what does the pope have to do with this thread?
Two different things.
If you die from ARDS OR SARS it’s a corona death. If your comorbidities predispose you it’s still the disease that killed you.
I love all the freepers who play reduce to the absurd. You want to round with me in a Covid unit and the tell me people don’t die from the disease I would welcome the opportunity to educate you.
You see you are the one injecting religion by your statements. Question my credentials all you want. I am starting to question your faith.
What does the pope have to do with this thread?
And you need not worry about my faith; better focus on your own.
Do you believe condemnation of infanticide is a religion?
In your words you go first. Waiting to hear your defense of the apostate pope. It’s ok your lack of defense and your willingness to deflect with spelling errors are deafening.
You are like the Pharisees.
Go look that one up in case you don’t understand it off hand.
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