Posted on 02/19/2022 6:05:48 PM PST by yesthatjallen
As several states lift their COVID-19 restrictions, health experts are warning of a new sub-variant of Omicron called BA.2.
The subvariant has been spotted in 74 countries and 47 U.S. states. Research suggests BA.2 could spread faster and may cause more severe disease, as well as be resistant to some of the current COVID-19 vaccines.
The findings come from new lab experiments in Japan, which health experts emphasize haven't been peer-reviewed.
"We are certainly watching this BA.2 this sub-lineage of Omicron because it is showing some kind of level of transmission advantage,” says Dr. Margaret Harris, of the World Health Organization.
New lab experiments from Japan show that BA.2 may have features that make it as capable of causing serious illness as older variants of COVID-19, including Delta.
Similarly to Omicron, BA.2 appears to largely escape the immunity created by vaccines. A booster shot restores protection, making illness after infection about 74% less likely.
"We certainly don't want it to run rampant, just like we don't want Omicron to run rampant,” Harris says. “We really want countries to step up the vaccination to beat all these variants."
The new research comes as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations across the U.S. are declining. In New York, the overall positivity rate in the state is at 2.6%. On Long Island, the seven-day positivity rate is at 2.66%. There's been a 40% drop in new cases across New York since last week.
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I knew they’d come up with something (real or not) to counter those of us who asked why vaccines were still being pushed while masks and remote work seemed to be disappearing...
Same shit different day.
“Harris says. “We really want countries to step up the vaccination to beat all these variants.”
TL: “the check is still in the bank so Big Pharma ordered us to keep killing you with these experimental serums”
I think this is a bad one. Real, real, real bad.
Is the CCP salting Japan with worse Covid variants? You know they don’t like the Japanese since Nanking and WW2. _____________ LoL my politically correct spell check tries to turn Nanking into Nanjing.
Nobody knows how many viruses were cooked up in that Wuhan lab.
Well goodygoody so close to the midterms who would’ve thunk it. The rats will never ever give up their power...EVER! Midterm chaos here we come!
Good Grief
I will never take that poison.
What a c***. The “vaccine” wasn’t made for any variant.
It is endemic, it will mutate and circle the globe forever.
Sic semper tyrannis.
Perhaps because it was a manufactured virus.
In this case, the pinyin spelling is closer to the actual pronunciation than the old postal romanization. If not for the CCP, then pinyin might not have that taint of political correctness.
The retinue wore togas, toked on opium and drank each’s other’s wine
They nibbled peanuts, spoke of heinous and premeditated crimes
Between the Politics and the poems, conversation stayed refined at Fauci’s party
Having a real good time
A legendary film star smashed a glass when a fan guessed at her age
The ceiling opened and revealed the naked lady in a cage
A fireater scorched his chin and departed in a rage from Fauci’s party
Isn’t it jolly fun?
An artist bit a chicken’s head off and laughed as he passed the rest around
Pieces quivered their coctail sticks but were swallowed without a sound
A trampolinist jumped too high came crashing to the ground at Fauci’s party
Isn’t it a whizz!
Now Fauci was the perfect hostess... He planned a big surprise. He spread the cyanide in layers across her delicate mince pies
And told his guests “A hint of almond makes the dullest cake seem nice.”
And they all died
And they all died
You mean those nothing burger covid vaccines? I had 3 shots, first shot in Feb 2021 and a year later, I feel even stronger than a year back. If I ever saw a nothing burger vaccine for adverse effects, these are it.
Joking, right?
It’s just the brother of BA.1, both children of Omicron, and more infectious but equally mild to the vast majority
Scare stories are not going to work on this
Spreading too fast but not increasing hospitalizations or death rates
And not infecting people already immune from BA.1
Do you have anything to base that assertion on, or did you just forget your “sarcasm” tag?
So, omicron has defied the natural order by begetting a more virulent and more severe offspring. Just in time for the powers that be to crack down again!
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