Posted on 12/21/2020 6:03:54 AM PST by EBH
According to the U.K.’s chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance, there are 23 changes in the virus’s genetic material, an unusually large number that appears to be helping it spread more quickly. British officials have now estimated that “VUI – 202012/01” is as much as 70 percent more transmissible — a number that is based on modeling, but not yet confirmed in lab experiments. Though there is no evidence to-date that the strain causes a more intense illness or leads to a higher fatality rate, faster transmission does mean more cases, which can lead to a higher hospitalization rate...
...Are new virus strains active anywhere outside Britain?
Scientists in South Africa have detected a strain that shares one of the mutations of the British coronavirus in up to 90 percent of samples that have been genetically sequenced since mid-November. Evidence suggests that the two variations have arisen separately, according to molecular epidemiologist Emma Hodcroft. Though the variant has not been connected to more severe cases, it is associated with higher viral loads in swab tests, meaning that it is also more transmissible.
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What Is the New COVID-19 Strain That Shut Down London?
Influenza
23 genetic changes in a matter of months.....I’m no virologist but that sounds engineered.
a number that is based on modeling, but not yet confirmed in lab
A virus is going to do what it is going to do.
None of this should come as a surprise to the experts
It has to sweep through and do it’s thing.
It is inevitable.
Meanwhile..watch for the antigenic shift
And while it does it’s thing..how about the medical community give us access to Ivermectin if we want to try it instead of having to use Horsepaste or illegally buying it from India where they can get it dirt cheap
they can even get a $2 covid pack called Ziverdo
Someone took it to Rome. They first found it in September. It will show up here soon.
a number that is based on modeling,
we make decision s on modeling. elections are won on modeling.
In essence you are a number, an algorithm.
BUT YOU ARE NOT. YOU ARE UNIQUE IN ALL OF SPACE AND TIME.
Now let me get this straight, NO ONE has yet isolated the COVID-19/SARS Cov2 genome, but they’ve identified a more virulent strain...? I’m throwing the bullshit flag!
Be afraid, be very afraid...
No reason for it to be. Many viruses are hypermutable, influenza being the classic example. It just means that the genome is not that stable. From a practical standpoint it means a simple vaccine is unlikely to be effective for more than a single season.
No cure for HIV, Flu, or Cold..yet I am suppose to believe they found a cure for Covid.
At most, probably a seasonal cure like flu shot...
Yes, viruses mutate all the time and vaccines need to be changed to stay ahead of the mutations...also staying ahead of which viruses are the strongest for that season as well....something science does not do well and why most season flu vaccines “miss” blocking the most prevalent viruses of the season.
Now that Covid is combining with other seasonal viruses, we will see many mutations, changes and combinations never seen before.
I would expect our season flu deaths to exceed 100,000 per year for the next decade until it all settles back to “normal”
It's all lies. All of it ... but governors and unelected bureaucrats are captivated by their self-anointed vast new power and "The Experts" are enthralled with their new celebrity status.
My advice is to simply consider everything -- and I do mean every thing "The Experts" and the governors and the unelected bureaucrats think, say, recommend or command to be a lie ... a damned lie. In so doing, all of the crap that has been going on for the past 10 months with no end in sight will begin to make sense.
Everyone is unique. That is worth repeating. Amen to that.
CCP, the gift that keeps on giving.
Just in time to wrap this new one up for under your Xmas Xi.
The lockdown is going to be permanent. The left will not pass up the chance to impose its will on every aspect of our way of life. IMHO I believe the use of public emergencies is going to be the new normal. Wait for the declaration of gun violence or climate change emergencies. The only limitation is how much will the public endure.
I wonder if it’s already here. There was a huge explosion of cases in the last few months.
We are being played.
Shifting antigen??? Captain Trips???
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