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The "worst version" of COVID will be dominant in the U.S. by July.
Posted on 6/30/22 at 1:22 pm
Posted on 6/30/22 at 1:22 pm
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For the last 18 months, the original COVID-19 vaccines — first as a two-dose series, then as boosters — have done an extraordinary job shielding us from illness, hospitalization and death. Globally, they saved nearly 20 million lives in 2021 alone. Even today, unvaccinated Americans are twice as likely as vaccinated Americans to test positive for COVID — and six times as likely to die from the disease.
But viruses evolve, and vaccines should too.
That was the big-picture takeaway from a pivotal meeting this week of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s expert advisory panel. The question before them was simple: Ahead of an expected winter surge, should vaccine manufacturers tweak their forthcoming booster shots to target Omicron — the ultra-infectious variant that has spent the last seven months surging throughout the world in one form or another — or should they stick with the tried-and-true 2020 recipe?
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For anyone who hasn’t been paying attention, the Omicron strain that triggered last winter’s massive COVID wave (BA.1) is now extinct. In March, it was supplanted by the even more transmissible BA.2 … which was supplanted in May by the even more transmissible BA.2.12.1 … which is now being supplanted by the (you guessed it) even more transmissible BA.4 and BA.5.
Experts say BA.5 is the one to worry about: “The worst version of the virus that we’ve seen,” as Dr. Eric Topol, the founder of Scripps Research Translational Institute, recently put it. Together, the closely related BA.4 and BA.5 now account for the majority of new U.S. COVID cases, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — but BA.5 (36.6%) is spreading a lot faster than BA.4 (15.7%). By early July, it will be the dominant strain in the U.S.
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Posted on 6/30/22 at 1:23 pm to Bunk Moreland
I don’t give a frick… and I’ve had Covid.
Posted on 6/30/22 at 1:25 pm to Bunk Moreland
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For anyone who hasn’t been paying attention, the Omicron strain that triggered last winter’s massive COVID wave (BA.1) is now extinct. In March, it was supplanted by the even more transmissible BA.2 … which was supplanted in May by the even more transmissible BA.2.12.1 … which is now being supplanted by the (you guessed it) even more transmissible BA.4 and BA.5.
I like how he leaves out lethality and only talks about transmission.
Posted on 6/30/22 at 1:25 pm to Bunk Moreland
US paying 3.2 billion to Pfizer for 105 million more booster shots
Fear porn will never stop
Will be a year round cash cow
Fear porn will never stop
Will be a year round cash cow
Posted on 6/30/22 at 1:25 pm to Bunk Moreland
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“The worst version of the virus that we’ve seen,”
Define "Worst"...
These folks simply will not quit...
Posted on 6/30/22 at 1:26 pm to Bunk Moreland
Just means they're gonna release another variant right before the elections so they can dump all of those mail in ballots and stuff the drop boxes.
Posted on 6/30/22 at 1:26 pm to Bunk Moreland
So we only have one day to live?
Posted on 6/30/22 at 1:26 pm to Bunk Moreland
Me and my wife are just now getting over Covid. Both unvaxxed a day were both ok after 4-5 days!
Posted on 6/30/22 at 1:26 pm to Bunk Moreland
Thank God I survived the Winter of Death. Summer covid ain't shite compared to that.
Posted on 6/30/22 at 1:27 pm to Bunk Moreland
People still get COVID?
Posted on 6/30/22 at 1:28 pm to Bunk Moreland
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supplanted in May by the even more transmissible BA.2.12.1
Probably what I had in May. I've had hangovers that were worse and lasted longer.
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Experts say BA.5 is the one to worry about
Bring it on!
Posted on 6/30/22 at 1:28 pm to Bunk Moreland
Great thing I have natural immunity
Posted on 6/30/22 at 1:28 pm to Bunk Moreland
Viruses evolve by becoming more infectious but less deadly. Every version is theoretically going to be more contagious. I don’t consider that to make it a “worse version “.
Posted on 6/30/22 at 1:29 pm to BearCrocs
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I don’t give a frick… and I’ve had Covid.
I’ve had it three times and don’t give a frick either.
Posted on 6/30/22 at 1:29 pm to Bunk Moreland
Sounds like we need Zuckerberg to buy more drop boxes
Posted on 6/30/22 at 1:30 pm to Bunk Moreland
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by July.
Awful convenient
Posted on 6/30/22 at 1:30 pm to Bunk Moreland
I literally thought to myself the other day driving down the road. Life has been back to normal for so long now COVID truly feels like it was in the past.
My next thought was this:
Which means the media is about to pound the new variant drum and get a good ole COVID hysteria whipped back up. They had to back off for a bit because people were literally at a breaking point. Now they let the inmates have some rec time, they want us back in the prison.
The problem is people like me who had a moderate case of covid. I do not give a crap and cannot be made to care anymore period.
My next thought was this:
Which means the media is about to pound the new variant drum and get a good ole COVID hysteria whipped back up. They had to back off for a bit because people were literally at a breaking point. Now they let the inmates have some rec time, they want us back in the prison.
The problem is people like me who had a moderate case of covid. I do not give a crap and cannot be made to care anymore period.
This post was edited on 6/30/22 at 1:32 pm
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