Posted on 01/04/2023 6:43:33 PM PST by Angelino97
A new strain of Covid nicknamed 'The Kraken' is 'the most transmissible subvariant that has been detected yet', according to the World Health Organisation.
The latest subvariant - another spinoff of Omicron officially named XBB.1.5 - has already taken hold in the US where it is thought to be behind roughly 70 per cent of new infections in the worst affected areas and 4 in 10 overall.
Now it has started to sweep across the UK, indicating it has a major growth advantage over rival strains.
But XBB.1.5 appears to be just as mild as its ancestor Omicron and its variants.
Concern about XBB.1.5 is largely based on how it is currently surging in the US, but it has also already been spotted in Britain and other countries around the globe.
Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO's technical lead for Covid, told a press conference Wednesday: 'We are concerned about its growth advantage in particular in some countries in Europe and in the US... particularly the Northeast part of the United States, where XBB.1.5 has rapidly replaced other circulating variants.
'Our concern is how transmissible it is… and the more this virus circulates, the more opportunities it will have to change.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Nothing is more frightening than mild symptoms.
...in a virus so "deadly" you need to take a "test" to know if you have it!
See, the Kraken did get unleashed! :)
WHO has about as little credibility as the CDC.
The boy who cried wolf —
The Kraken strain? Are you kidding me???
Look, I just came from attending a prayer meeting at a Bible-believing independent church for the first time in AGES, and the last thing I need to do now is to lapse back into profanities.
So don't. Tempt. Me.
And then, they'll close our offices here for the same reason, "to flatten the curve."
CDC "guidance" 'n all that nonsense.
Wait until the “Vader” variant come out! There will be great lamentation that day my FRiends. Chickens mating with pigs, total anarchy!
I can't even make it out of the church parking lot without calling someone a dumbass because they drive like idiots after leaving church ...
I just came from attending a prayer meeting at a Bible-believing independent church for the first time in AGES,
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That’s WONDERFUL!!!
Well there goes the theme of the Seattle Kraken ice hokey team.
Slow news day at the Daily Mail. “The Kraken.” LOL!
So dangerous you have to test to even know you got it.
I do know of one young person (20s) who got it pretty bad lately. She has a big caboose and never had a shot, though.
The Chinese are exporting it
Here we go again
The Kraken disappeared in December 2020 along with Sidney Powell.
Who cares? It’s the damn flu. Women drive most of this. The Cowardly sex. Oh nooooo...gerrrmssss!!!
“We’re all gonna die!!!”
...from a cold. Oh the humanity.
It certainly is.
LOL!
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