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Biden was likely sickened with BA.5 subvariant of Omicron, White House says
Yahoo News ^ | July 23, 2022 | Alexander Nazaryan

Posted on 07/23/2022 6:01:15 PM PDT by John W

WASHINGTON — The White House confirmed on Saturday that the strain of coronavirus that infected President Biden several days ago is likely to have been BA.5, the highly contagious Omicron subvariant now comprising most new infections in the United States.

“The president’s causative agent is most likely the BA.5 variant,” said a Saturday morning letter from the president’s personal physician, Dr. Kevin C. O’Connor. He added that confirmation, which came from preliminary genetic sequencing, “does not affect the treatment plan in any way.”

BA.5 now accounts for eight out of 10 new coronavirus cases in the United States, and although it does not make people sicker than previous variants, it spreads quickly and evades the immunity protection conferred by vaccines and prior infections.

Despite his COVID diagnosis this week, Biden continued to work — becoming part of the working-through-COVID dilemma that millions of others have experienced in the last two and a half years.

He was supposed to head to Pennsylvania on Thursday afternoon, then spend the weekend on the beach in Delaware. Instead, he will be isolating at the White House until at least the middle of next week.

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KEYWORDS: bidenba5; bidenchinavirus; bidentestspositive
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1 posted on 07/23/2022 6:01:15 PM PDT by John W
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Who cares?


2 posted on 07/23/2022 6:07:19 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: John W

He is likely sickened by fake-itis. He needed some time off w no questions asked or places to be.


3 posted on 07/23/2022 6:07:53 PM PDT by Migraine ( )
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To: John W

President Poster Boy for the ‘New Wave’ of COVID which undoubtedly will make it necessary for mail in voting for the midterms.


4 posted on 07/23/2022 6:08:31 PM PDT by KierkegaardMAN (I never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man.)
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To: John W

Pointless announcement.

Yeah, I would say if you are infected with Covid, you would indeed be infected with the current strain that is circulating at the time of your infection...


5 posted on 07/23/2022 6:11:52 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: John W

With the people he has working for him, he can thank his lucky stars that it wasn’t Monkeypox.


6 posted on 07/23/2022 6:13:46 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Congress No Longer Works for the American People. It Works for the Federal Government.)
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BA.5 now accounts for eight out of 10 new coronavirus cases in the United States ... evades the immunity protection conferred by vaccines

++++++++++++++++++++++++

So WHY are they pushing the $$jabs$$ here in the United States of Pharma?


7 posted on 07/23/2022 6:14:28 PM PDT by Qiviut (#standup "Don't let your children die on the hill you refuse to fight on.")
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To: John W

I hope he croaks over from it tonight.


8 posted on 07/23/2022 6:15:49 PM PDT by Fai Mao
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Blah,blah. What does it matter at this point? Marxist meat puppet.


9 posted on 07/23/2022 6:16:08 PM PDT by BozoTexino (RIP GOP)
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To: BozoTexino

It matters because you want him gone before the midterms so Hairass can only potentially serve 1 1/2 terms rather than 2 1/2.


10 posted on 07/23/2022 6:18:43 PM PDT by Fai Mao
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To: John W

So, have they isolated the virus yet? How do they know this?

And really, as already stated, who cares...


11 posted on 07/23/2022 6:22:21 PM PDT by meyer (Everything woke turns to poo.)
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To: John W

He also had a case of the 24 hour cancer.


12 posted on 07/23/2022 6:25:23 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: Cobra64

What causes his dementia, and what can we do about it? That is a more important question. And, is the person really running things in good health?


13 posted on 07/23/2022 6:27:08 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (Flash news: President Biden has tested positive for brain function!)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

How did Hunter escape HIV..probably the crackhead has it


14 posted on 07/23/2022 6:32:53 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: John W

They misspelled BS.


15 posted on 07/23/2022 6:34:21 PM PDT by moovova
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“...although it does not make people sicker than previous variants, it spreads quickly and evades the immunity protection conferred by vaccines and prior infections.”

So it’s a cold, then.


16 posted on 07/23/2022 6:37:38 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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However they sort out which variant is which, I’d think they’d run the tests for the resident of the United States.

Might be important for treatment protocols and such.


17 posted on 07/23/2022 6:38:51 PM PDT by Tunehead54 (nothing funny here ;-)
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He added that confirmation, which came from preliminary genetic sequencing, “does not affect the treatment plan in any way.”

I have a treatment plan

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celebrate


18 posted on 07/23/2022 6:47:54 PM PDT by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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If Brandon is not at Walter Reed, he could be getting last rites


19 posted on 07/23/2022 6:51:46 PM PDT by Steven Tyler
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To: John W
I think it was something else.


20 posted on 07/23/2022 7:20:22 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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