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Fast-spreading Covid variant detected in South Africa - similar to one found in UK
thejournal.ie ^ | 12/18/2020

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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KEYWORDS: covid; varient; virus
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To: ebb tide

“I see you’ve jumped the tracks also.

Pathetic.”

LOL! A voodooist claiming I am the one that has jumped!


81 posted on 12/18/2020 8:26:26 PM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: TexasGator

Look at the title of this thread and tell me who has jumped the tracks.

Very sick.


82 posted on 12/18/2020 8:27:45 PM PST by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome.)
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To: null and void

Are people stocking up on hazmat suits (and toilet paper) now?


83 posted on 12/18/2020 8:38:22 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Who built the cages, Joe?)
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To: Thunder90

Heterosexual AIDS


84 posted on 12/18/2020 8:41:06 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Who built the cages, Joe?)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Don’t forget that they are calling for lockdowns and masks even for those who’ve gotten vax shots.


85 posted on 12/18/2020 8:42:41 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Who built the cages, Joe?)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Vitamin d, and zinc, bioflavinoids, and artemesia are a lot safer. Double check on the artemesia if they take meds.
_______________________________________
Curious, which bioflavinoids do you take/recommend? And how does Artemesia* fit in the prophylaxis? I have not seen it on any of the regimens I have seen.

*I have never heard of it until I read your post. (Learn something new on FR everyday...)


86 posted on 12/18/2020 8:52:16 PM PST by Freedom56v2 (Republicans will get the government they deserve if they do nothing :()
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To: Freedom56v2

artemesia works the same way hcq does against malaria

and also covid


87 posted on 12/18/2020 8:53:29 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Freedom56v2

the two best recommended for safety and effectiveness are from green tea, dark chocolate - darker the better


88 posted on 12/18/2020 8:54:33 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Rebelbase

I’ll stick with Ivermectin.


89 posted on 12/18/2020 8:54:36 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: gas_dr

What are the odds the current vaccines will work on the new release? Any chance at all?


90 posted on 12/18/2020 9:30:20 PM PST by GOPJ (If China let go a virus that primarily killed gays, would Madison Ave. still up Chinese in TV ads? )
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To: dynachrome

I don’t believe that to be true. What on earth is the basis for this statement?


91 posted on 12/18/2020 9:36:07 PM PST by Shortstop7
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To: Zeddicus
how much clinicial testing of the vaccines was conducted on test subjects actually in their 90s?

Well, a quick websearch gives me a bunch of results for ya:

Doctor on CNN: Don’t be ‘alarmed’ if elderly die after receiving COVID vaccine
Older Adults Are More at Risk for COVID-19. So Why Don’t Vaccine Trials Include Them?
Older Adults, Minorities Underrepresented in COVID-19 Vaccine Trials
Pfizer COVID vaccine trial shows alarming evidence of pathogenic priming in older adults
Keeping older folks out of COVID-19 vaccine trials hurts everyone
92 posted on 12/18/2020 9:47:02 PM PST by Svartalfiar
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To: Mom MD
Ask how many health care providers on this site have had or plan to get the vaccine. The 3 practicing hospital based physicians in my family ( including yours truly ) have already had it. We range in age from 20’s to 60 with some comorbidities it is it mandatory. all of us who stand at bedside and spend our time in close proximity have been vaccinated. i have seen similar reports from the other physicians on this board

And yet, within my extended family, I have multiple nurses and a couple doctors. About half have said they WON'T get it, at least for a year or two to see what happens to the guinea pigs (my phrasing, not theirs), and the other half I haven't asked. There's ONE who's ambivalent - she'll get it if her job makes her, but she's not going out of her way to get it.
93 posted on 12/18/2020 9:50:22 PM PST by Svartalfiar
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To: TexasGator
Before it was a baby girl. I remind you that you do not know if the baby was murdered.

The main cell line used in most vaccine and biological research is HEK293, which was taking from a baby girl in the Netherlands who was "electively aborted". So yes, 'murdered' is a pretty accurate term here.

Another cell line used in some, PER.C6, was taken from retinal tissue from another 18-week-old baby who was killed because her mother didn't want her either.
94 posted on 12/18/2020 9:59:53 PM PST by Svartalfiar
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To: TigersEye
Whoa! A 24% CFR? Just a couple of months ago the CDC reported a CFR of 5.4% for those over 70.

I don't know the numbers off the top of my head, but when you hit those ages, a couple years can make a big difference in death rates, just in general. Going from 60 to 70 doubles your chances of dying, based on average mortality rates. If you look up some insurance or SS actuarial tables, those'll give a good idea of ages people tend to die at
95 posted on 12/18/2020 10:16:23 PM PST by Svartalfiar
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To: Svartalfiar

I know that mortality goes up with age but the CDC reported a 5.4% IFR for people 70 and older. That is a long way from 24%.


96 posted on 12/18/2020 10:27:57 PM PST by TigersEye (2020 - The year of massive frauds. Impeachment - masks - lockdowns - Biden - elections...)
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To: Svartalfiar

Do they all work in hospitals or in the outpatient world?


97 posted on 12/19/2020 12:22:37 AM PST by Mom MD
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To: gas_dr

I guess you missed the part about those 150,000 where NONE of them were the infirm elderly. ZERO. Now they are saying not to be surprised if the elderly die from side effects of it. Plus the nurse on live TV passing out from the vaccine shot given minutes before. Anaphylaxis shock is one side effect.

But you go right ahead and take it if you must, but please stop with your disinfo by omission and cherry picked facts.

The real mortality rate for the vaccine is unknown. The trials were not blind. Pro-vax activists volunteered and worked together and were testing themselves in violation of the study agreement. This is fraudulent so the entire study is suspect. It’s an attempt to misrepresent the truth to advance an agenda, as YOU might say.

Sheesh, try to keep up when pontificating.

Otherwise you’re just passing more gas_dr.


98 posted on 12/19/2020 12:33:24 AM PST by Spitzensparkin1 (Donate often, it is our FReeping ammo. Keep the supply train rollin', become a monthly donor. )
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To: dynachrome; null and void; gas_dr; Secret Agent Man; Freedom56v2; RomanSoldier19; EBH; ...

If you are going to take a vaccine, give it to your children, or to your elderly family members. It is especially important to build up the nutrition status for a week or more before getting the shot. Of course it is even better to be doing this regularly and for a long time. Vitamin D3 5000 IU daily especially in winter (low sun), Vitamin C 500 or 1000 mg twice a day preferably sustained release, or more, good on-a-day multi vitamin/mineral tablet once or twice a day. Good zinc supplement 50 mg. daily when under threat or every other day if away from infection danger. Other supplements you may find helpful for your personal health. If you can’t get the medical ionophores HCQ or Ivermectin, then get the over the counter ionophore Quercetin. Check the link below for several articles suggesting other doses and supplements or medications.

https://faculty.utrgv.edu/eleftherios.gkioulekas/zelenko/index.html

I am 82, spending most of my time with the man I love, living in an area where most wear masks and all practice social distance and stores require masks. Mostly just go grocery shopping, get supplements on line. Probably would not consider getting vaccine before June after observing the wide-spread vaccine results.


99 posted on 12/19/2020 1:45:32 AM PST by gleeaikin
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To: RomanSoldier19

As I understand it, the virus itself is quite stable. I suspect that even this bizarre variant would be mild or get shrugged off if you have already had a different strain.


100 posted on 12/19/2020 2:45:10 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Hope is not a plan. -- Matthew Bracken)
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