Posted on 03/15/2022 9:40:59 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Scientists are learning more about a hybrid variant of COVID-19 that has been detected called “deltacron.”
Deltacron was first reported early this year, when it was thought to be a co-infection of the omicron and delta coronavirus variants (meaning people were possibly infected with two variants at once). Now, researchers believe it’s a single, hybrid variant that combines genes from both delta and omicron.
On Wednesday, the World Health Organization decided to start tracking deltacron, but is not yet calling it a variant of concern.
“It’s got features of omicron and features of delta,” said Dr. John Swartzberg, a professor of infectious diseases at the University of California. He added the name of the hybrid variant could change in the future.
“It sounds pretty ominous if you take the worst aspects of delta, which was a more serious illness, and you combine it with the worst aspects of omicron which is very transmissible, then you have something that sounds pretty scary,” Swartzberg said. “There is absolutely no evidence that this new recombinant virus has those qualities at all.”
Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease specialist at UCSF, said both those variants were likely involved in creating this new one.
“At some point, there [are] two circulating variants, so one person can actually catch two variants at one time and the two variants can actually invade the same cell, and then they can have children,” he explained. In this case, that virus “child” would be deltacron.
Deltacron has been detected in the United States, but at this point, it is not a major concern. So far, only a handful of cases have been confirmed. Plus, your body may already be primed to fight off this new variant.
“So far it seems like the outside of deltacron is looking almost exactly like omicron,” Chin-Hong said.
Both doctors were not surprised or alarmed to see the coronavirus mutating again.
“It’s a normal part of viruses, it happens all the time. But we never really know how it plays out in the field of life until it gets out into the community,” Chin-Hong said.
The infectious disease specialists did emphasize that the best way to protect yourself from this variant, or any future variants, is to get fully up to date on your COVID-19 vaccinations.
Big whoop! Something more to not care about.🤷♂️
now is people gonna die?
RE: now is people gonna die?
The answer is in the article: (QUOTE)
“.... at this point, it is not a major concern. So far, only a handful of cases have been confirmed. Plus, your body may already be primed to fight off this new variant.”
“So far it seems like the outside of deltacron is looking almost exactly like omicron.”
The strains are in completely different paths from one another. There is no path that would be a combination.
Well, you’ve enjoyed your muzzle-free existence for a week or so. That was to show we can give you freedom and take away again whenever we want.
It’s going to go around but it’s nothing like Delta or Omicron. Case numbers should be low throughout the summer.
Maskless Reindeer!!
Does anyone have any real information about what is or is not happening in China with these reports of new lockdowns and COVID outbreaks? If it’s real, anyone know what variant is involved. Wonder if our “crack” CDC is monitoring the situation.
Oh, I'm sorry. I thought this was the thread about the avian flu.
What’s next? Supercron, Megacron.
He added the name of the hybrid variant could change in the future.
midterm variant perhaps?
Ludicrouscron
“There is no path...”
Certainly there is. Recombinant DNA.
The farce was attempted not long after Omnicron began. It’s as fake now as it was then.
Because there are so few of this variant floating around, it cannot be responsible for the uptick in cases and deaths taking place right now GLOBALLY.
The US hasn’t see the uptick yet. The UK has. China has. Cause unknown, but the scythe seems to be swinging again.
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