Posted on 02/07/2021 3:45:43 PM PST by dynachrome
The highly-contagious COVID-19 variant first detected in the United Kingdom is now spreading rapidly throughout the US — doubling around every 10 days, according to a new study.
Researchers predicted the strain known as B117 could become the most prevalent in the nation by next month, according to the study, which is yet to be peer reviewed and was released Sunday on the preprint server MedRxiv.
The group led by scientists at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, Calif, determined that the new variant arrived in the US as early as Novembe
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WE’RE DOOOOMED. Run for the hills. WAIT. There’s viruses in the hills. Stay home. HIDE!!! Don’t even look outside.
It’s racist to identify by geographic origin
Can’t be. Biden said he had a plan. You mean Biden could not stop the variant from entering the country?
This plandemic will end when the powers that be want to end it.
Funny how they tend to say this UK version is more contagious, but don’t mention iy is less leyhsl (last I heard).
“”according to a new study.””
The money will never STOP flowing for all these studies. NEVER!
Biden’s plan was to say whatever they told him to so he could be elected.
After that..... who cares?
This greater transmissibility results from a greater affinity for the ACE2 receptor which is found on our cell surfaces.
It seems reasonable to conclude that B.1.1.7 will have a lower infectious dose. As such, it will be even more persistent on inanimate objects (fomites) such shopping cart handles.
We must remember that "persistence" is a key metric of a nuclear, chemical, biological weapon's effectiveness.
The longer a weapon can persist on a surface, the more effective it is. B.1.1.7 is a more effective weapon.
What is more al;arming to me is that B.1.1.7 has the ability to exchange genetic material with variant P.1.
There is evidence that P.1 can reinfect people who have already had the original Covid19.
It is my opinion that we should not "poo poo" this.
Want to stop the pandemic?
Turn off the TV.
The cornyvirus is all a hoax, so it will end as soon as Biden is installed!
Hahaha.. It’s goes to 11.
My family had Covid in late December/early January. Does that offer any protection against the new strain, or are they completely different? I know people say you can get Covid again, but I’m wondering if antibodies mitigate the severity of a subsequent infection.
Biden: I iiiii been to Varient.
Biden: I iiiii been to Varient. I love North Verginni.
I’ve seen several articles about people catching the new strains after recovering from earlier ones. Probably best to err on the side of caution.
Lock us down for 3 months?...
Antibodies might help to make symptoms of a new strain less severe.
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