Posted on 04/25/2021 11:58:15 AM PDT by BeauBo
A new variant of the coronavirus has developed in India, one that is making public health officials worried because it may be causing the country's terrible outbreak and could reduce the efficacy of available vaccines.
The India variant, known as B.1.617 and first identified in October, has been dubbed the “double mutant” variant because it contains two mutations of interest, E484Q and L452R. These are mutations on the spike protein, the part of the virus that attaches to a cell.
"Having two of these mutations which have been seen in other variants around the world are concerning, because there's a similarity in these mutations that confer increased transmissibility, and some of these mutations also result in reduced neutralization, which may have an impact on our countermeasures, including the vaccines," said Maria Van Kerkhove.
E484Q and L452R are known as escape mutations. These types of mutations make it easier for the spike proteins on the virus to evade the antibodies elicited by vaccines and invade cells in the body. Recent research in the journal Cell Host & Microbe found that E484Q was able to evade antibodies in convalescent plasma. An article in Cell recently found that variants containing L452R became more resistant to neutralizing antibodies.
Those attributes raise the fear that a person who's been vaccinated might still be able to carry enough of the mutated virus to infect others, including people who have not been inoculated or have been but have weakened immune systems...
Still, people who have been vaccinated and are infected by a coronavirus mutation are not likely to develop severe COVID-19 or die. Vaccines also elicit a response from another part of the immune system known as T-cells that attack cells infected with a virus... T-cells are able to recognize mutated forms of the coronavirus.
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India is currently experiencing a surge in COVID-19 cases, especially in the state of Maharashtra, which accounts for half of the country's active cases. On Friday, India experienced a record number of daily cases that exceeded 330,000. Deaths also set a record high of 2,263. Reports of hospitals running out of beds and oxygen are common.
The extent to which B.1.167 is responsible for the current surge is unclear. It has been detected in 10% of the samples that have been genomically sequenced in India. But scientists say more data are needed.
"It seems to be the case, but we cannot say it scientifically. We cannot say so as we have sequenced very small numbers of samples, some 15,000 so far, and we so do not have adequate data to conclude that the B.1.617 variant is responsible for the surge," Dr. Vineeta Bal, an immunologist and a visiting professor at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, recently told News 18, a news channel in India.
There must be bodies or money everywhere.
No worries, covid is just another flu and will disappear in summer /S
Here is what we need to know about the coronavirus and India. In a country of 1.4 billion people the rate of death is still in line with other countries. About 0.01%.
It’s doing what viruses do.
India is dirty, overpopulated, unsanitary, and poverty stricken just add in the elderly, compromised, and other diseases they might carry. China is not a friend of India. They may be experimenting on them using bio weaponry
It’s killing the young as much as the old. I have been reading news accounts from India the last week or so.
People who get it start to get sick and 5-8 hours later are dead.
Yes that’s right....and some will die....they always do.
Probably a recent release, Wuhan 2.0
This is from Moderna's SEC filing.
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1682852/000168285220000017/mrna-20200630.htm
Key sentence from the "description of the business" section--
Since inception, we have incurred significant net losses. As of June 30, 2020, we had an accumulated deficit of $1.74 billion. We may continue to incur significant expenses and operating losses for the foreseeable future. In addition, we anticipate that our expenses will increase significantly in connection with our ongoing activities to support our platform research, drug discovery and clinical development, infrastructure and Research Engine and Early Development Engine, digital infrastructure, creation of a portfolio of intellectual property, expansion into global markets, and administrative support.
We do not expect to recognize significant revenue from sales of potential mRNA medicines unless and until we successfully complete clinical development and obtain regulatory approval for one or more of our investigational medicines. If we seek to obtain regulatory approval for any of our investigational medicines, we expect to incur significant commercialization expenses. Our investigational vaccine against the novel coronavirus (mRNA-1273), which is currently in clinical trials, has been developed rapidly to respond to the global COVID-19 pandemic. We are expending significant efforts to further the rapid development of this potential vaccine and expect to continue to do so over the next 12 months. These efforts have required and will continue to require the expenditure of significant funds and the establishment of significant worldwide infrastructure and partnerships.
Such is my suspicion.
Oh give me a break! So for whatever reason Indian politicians have decided to use Covid to seize more power. They are a little late to the party. But they have learned from us...
On an average day 28,000 people from India's population of 1.4 Billion die of something. The fear mongering on this will go on as long as people like you continue to buy into the nonsense.
I may catch hell from some here, but I'm praying for India and I hope others are as well.
Is there any information on whether the Indians are prophelacting or symptom treating with HCQ or Ivermectin?
Exactly right, just like the common flu as far as seriousness.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3953709/posts?page=4#4
What’s happening there?
LOL!!!
Propaganda 🚨 alert !
At this point they’ve had the coronavirus story going for more than a year
It’s over kids - we don’t care anymore
Show us a real virus 🦠 and we might care!! I’m serious
Covid 19 is complete bullcrap. Compendium of all other viruses
So just ignore ANYTHING Related. Make it END PLEASE. KILL IT !
Just like a. virus 🦠! Kill them !
It’s killing the young as much as the old. I have been reading news accounts from India the last week or so.
People who get it start to get sick and 5-8 hours later are dead.
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Your relatively recent sign up date compels me to ask if
you have any links to back up those statements?
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