[arista]

[arista]

"Kraken Covid variant," the XBB.1.5 strain


Now in the UK
in the USA it has spread must faster


Just debated on Ch5HDnews

[arista]

Originally Posted by arista

"Kraken Covid variant," the XBB.1.5 strain


Now in the UK
in the USA it has spread must faster


Just debated on Ch5HDnews

[bots]

nobody has been testing let alone looking for new variants for months now so there will be new variants everywhere. Thats they way of the virus and it is being allowed to spread unchecked throughout the world

[arista]

World Health Organisation warns XBB.1.5 is
the 'most transmissible' Covid variant yet
as 'the Kraken' strain starts sweeping the UK

[Concern about XBB.1.5 is largely based on how
it is currently surging in the USA,
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 USA... particularly
the Northeast part of the United States,
where XBB.1.5 has rapidly replaced
other circulating variants.]



POXY CHINA

[Mystic Mock]

Is it more lethal compared to the other variants?

And is the current Vaccines effective against this new variant?

[bots]

XBB.1.5 itself evolved from XBB, which began circulating in the UK in September 2022, but which has not been classified as a so-called "variant of concern" by health authorities.

XBB had a mutation that helped it beat the body's immune defences, but this same quality also reduced its ability to infect human cells.

Prof Wendy Barclay from Imperial College London said XBB.1.5 had a mutation known as F486P, which restores this ability to bind to cells while continuing to evade immunity. That makes it spread more easily.

She said these evolutionary changes were like "stepping stones", as the virus evolves to find new ways of bypassing the body's self-defence mechanisms.

Scientists from the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed on Wednesday that XBB.1.5 has a "growth advantage" above all other sub-variants seen so far.

But they said there was no indication it was more serious or harmful than previous Omicron variants

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-64164306

[Mystic Mock]

Okay so it's not lethal to most people, but it has the potential to mutate is what I'm taking from that.

[Crimson Dynamo]

The more vaccines you have had the more likely you are to get covid..

Youtube video

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1....17.22283625v1


Bivalent mRNA vaccine is moderately effective in preventing COVID-19

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20...-COVID-19.aspx

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

The more vaccines you have had the more likely you are to get covid..

Youtube video

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1....17.22283625v1


Bivalent mRNA vaccine is moderately effective in preventing COVID-19

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20...-COVID-19.aspx

This video has now been censored

[Crimson Dynamo]

Youtube video

[Vanessa]

I'm not having any more vaccines.
Not even the flu one.
Three is enough.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Santa's Little Helper

I'm not having any more vaccines.
Not even the flu one.
Three is enough.

bang on right Ness

[arista]

Originally Posted by Santa's Little Helper

I'm not having any more vaccines.
Not even the flu one.
Three is enough.

What,
even if another Covid Variant gets too strong?


Those Vaccinations only work for around 6 months
then the fade.

Hence, keep having them.
You have missed your 4rth booster

[Crimson Dynamo]

[bots]

it's just another omicron variant that people are trying to give a new name to in order to make it sound more dangerous

Viruses always mutate and always will

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by SantaslettertoMeghan

it's just another omicron variant that people are trying to give a new name to in order to make it sound more dangerous

Viruses always mutate and always will

That's a relief to some extent.

[bots]

this new variant is crazily infectious though. The original wuhan variant had an R value of 1.5, this variant has an R value of about 20 and that, by definition, means that it is much less serious

[MTVN]

Peak China to go zero Covid for three years then allow a new variant to develop and suddenly open up to the world so that it can spread everywhere

[MTVN]

Although saying that apparently this variant originated in the US

[arista]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Although saying that apparently this variant originated in the US

Yes the Smelly Ghetto of USA

[Alf]

"Release the Kraken"

[bots]

flu admissions to hospital have dropped by 40% since christmas, covid admissions have also dropped

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

flu admissions to hospital have dropped by 40% since christmas, covid admissions have also dropped

I’ll be glad when we can buy off the shelf Flu medicines from the local shops / supermarkets !!

The last couple of times I’ve had to drive around just to find somewhere that has paracetamol or ibuprofen tablets !!


Good luck if you want LemSips / cold satchets or cough linctus !!


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[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Zizu

I’ll be glad when we can buy off the shelf Flu medicines from the local shops / supermarkets !!

The last couple of times I’ve had to drive around just to find somewhere that has paracetamol or ibuprofen tablets !!


Good luck if you want LemSips / cold satchets or cough linctus !!


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Our local Tesco is a fairly large one yet had zero paracetamol based products last night !!

No tablets , satchets or anything !!


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