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Summer 2024 Covid-19 Surge Occurring With FLiRT Variants Taking Over
Forbes ^ | 07/11/2024 | Bruce Y. Lee

Posted on 07/11/2024 9:10:02 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

You could say that the U.S. is more than flirting with yet another Covid-19 surge. Chances are that a surge has already been occurring for at least a month—since early June. And the “FLiRT” variants of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) have been front-and-center of this surge.

Now, the U.S. still doesn’t have a comprehensive surveillance system that can catch surges before they happen or soon after they start happening even though it’s been over four and a half years since the the SARS-CoV-2 first surged in the U.S. Plus, nowadays, you don’t see the public health alerts about Covid-19 surges that you saw during the first three years of the pandemic. So, these days if you want to know whether Covid-19 is surging, you have to rely on checking Covid-19-related emergency room visits, hospitalizations and deaths to see if a surge has already been occurring with an emphasis on the words “has already been.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: covid; flirt; summer; surge
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WTF is a "FLiRT variant?"
1 posted on 07/11/2024 9:10:02 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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Now, the U.S. still doesn’t have a comprehensive surveillance system that can catch surges before they happen

Good. I hope it never does. Such a system would involve more totalitarianism.

2 posted on 07/11/2024 9:11:56 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Yawn.


3 posted on 07/11/2024 9:12:31 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Ho hum, Why not try bringing back Russia. Oh wait........


4 posted on 07/11/2024 9:14:18 AM PDT by Indy Pendance (Jesus can't get here soon enough!)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard
"Now, the U.S. still doesn’t have a comprehensive surveillance system that can catch surges before they happen"

Yes they do. Leftist agitators are in the sewers testing sewage for COVID DNA and antibodies. They can stay there right where they belong.

5 posted on 07/11/2024 9:14:40 AM PDT by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

New variant, based on omicron, but “evades the immune system” better than previous versions. You know, more deadly, more contagious, more... https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/a-mayo-clinic-virologist-explains-flirt-and-why-you-may-need-a-new-covid-19-vaccination/


6 posted on 07/11/2024 9:16:26 AM PDT by Retrofitted
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The Faucists will never give up about covid.


7 posted on 07/11/2024 9:17:56 AM PDT by DallasBiff (Apology not accepted.la is not the sharpest knife in the drawer)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

o, isn’t that cute - post-millenial rebranding.


8 posted on 07/11/2024 9:18:07 AM PDT by xoxox
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To: ChicagoConservative27

There’s a cold going around. Oh, the horror!


9 posted on 07/11/2024 9:19:53 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: dfwgator

Ivermectin or Hydroxychloroquine.

Any “ variant “ immediately disappears.


10 posted on 07/11/2024 9:20:29 AM PDT by BrexitBen
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Doesn’t matter, I know 2 people right now who have it. And again it’s just the flu!


11 posted on 07/11/2024 9:21:58 AM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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Is the common cold still causing chaos?


12 posted on 07/11/2024 9:23:10 AM PDT by Tom Tetroxide
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“We finally beat Medicare”


13 posted on 07/11/2024 9:23:46 AM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Time to throw them out of the Temple...again)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

You didn’t read the article you posted? FLiRT was explained in it.


14 posted on 07/11/2024 9:24:13 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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I know 2 who are getting over it, and now I’ve just learned today that a friend just found out she’s got it, too. The first two are mostly over it, the third has just started with her cold. She thought it was allergies.


15 posted on 07/11/2024 9:26:27 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Methinks they misspelled fart.


16 posted on 07/11/2024 9:26:41 AM PDT by LastDayz (A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
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Most scientists say the surge is primarily caused by the LB.1 variant, which is a bit resistant to vaccines.

Time to take 150% RDA of Vitamins B6, C, D3, E and K and 150% RDA of supplemental zinc and magnesium. And be careful you daily intake of these nutrients do not exceed 175% RDA.

17 posted on 07/11/2024 9:28:20 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (.FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Not sure if it has to do with trying to get laid, or using infrared cameras.


18 posted on 07/11/2024 9:29:14 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

My lungs felt like they were infected with Covid again about two days ago.

I recovered in a few hours.

I’m in Florida.


19 posted on 07/11/2024 9:35:15 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Here come the KARENS!


20 posted on 07/11/2024 9:35:16 AM PDT by Thorium90
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