Meet the Covid variants
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A new Variant of Concern that can infect those that are vaccinated...
The above is the reason why the Hospitalization, ICU Admissions, and Deaths have been primarily those not vaccinated here in North America (Canada and the United States).
Pandemic of those Not Vaccinated
P.S. Vaccines work very well. Yet, if you're still afraid...you still have the option of getting approved antiviral therapeutic treatment for Covid illness if/when you get infected.
P.S.S. Our Covid numbers are ticking up as expected for the Thanksgiving Holiday but it could have been much worst. Give thanks to those that are vaccinated because without them it would have been like Thanksgiving 2020.
wrbtrader
- It will be deadlier and infect those not vaccinated 10x - 30x more transmissible.
The above is the reason why the Hospitalization, ICU Admissions, and Deaths have been primarily those not vaccinated here in North America (Canada and the United States).
Pandemic of those Not Vaccinated
P.S. Vaccines work very well. Yet, if you're still afraid...you still have the option of getting approved antiviral therapeutic treatment for Covid illness if/when you get infected.
P.S.S. Our Covid numbers are ticking up as expected for the Thanksgiving Holiday but it could have been much worst. Give thanks to those that are vaccinated because without them it would have been like Thanksgiving 2020.
wrbtrader
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Let's take a look at the variant situation. Variants continue to evolve -- rather rapidly. In fact more rapidly than scientists predicted when Covid-19 first appeared. The latest variant of concern is from Africa; this variant has significant mutations and may be more infectious, deadlier, and more vaccine evasive than earlier variants. However only time will tell the reality about these assertions.
This new variant has caused world-wide panic (Britain is stopping flights from several African nations) and impacted the financial markets.
Scientists have stated over 99% of variants evolve in the unvaccinated. This drives the need to get the entire world vaccinated to stop the continual generation of variants - some which will prove to be more infectious, deadlier, and more vaccine evasive than current variants.
For western nations, the anti-vaxers are holding back society from returning to a normal life. Until nations hit a 90% vaccination rate or so for the population -- there will continue to be lockdowns, restrictions, many deaths, and a high prevalence of Covid-19. This means that every government measure possible should be deployed to increase the vaccination rate in western nations -- including locking down the unvaccinated who cause most of the spread of Covid plague and are a huge burden on healthcare systems.
Let's take a look at a few of the headlines from this week about the new variant in Africa. This will be a story which repeats itself every few weeks until the world-wide vaccination rate rises.
A new Covid-19 variant could show immune evasion and enhanced transmissibility, South African scientists warn
https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/25/worl...ca-immune-evasion-transmissibility/index.html
Scientists warn of new Covid variant with high number of mutations
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...w-covid-variant-with-high-number-of-mutations
Britain alarmed by new COVID-19 variant spreading in South Africa
https://www.reuters.com/business/he...ly-identified-coronavirus-variant-2021-11-25/
NEW THREAT?
‘Horrific’ new Covid variant is most evolved ever and ‘could dodge vaccines’
https://www.the-sun.com/health/4142175/new-covid-variant-32-mutations-vaccines-worse-delta/
New variant ‘could already by in the UK’ amid fears vaccines are 40% less effective, expert warns
https://www.the-sun.com/health/4145094/new-covid-variant-infecting-vaccinated/
This new variant has caused world-wide panic (Britain is stopping flights from several African nations) and impacted the financial markets.
Scientists have stated over 99% of variants evolve in the unvaccinated. This drives the need to get the entire world vaccinated to stop the continual generation of variants - some which will prove to be more infectious, deadlier, and more vaccine evasive than current variants.
For western nations, the anti-vaxers are holding back society from returning to a normal life. Until nations hit a 90% vaccination rate or so for the population -- there will continue to be lockdowns, restrictions, many deaths, and a high prevalence of Covid-19. This means that every government measure possible should be deployed to increase the vaccination rate in western nations -- including locking down the unvaccinated who cause most of the spread of Covid plague and are a huge burden on healthcare systems.
Let's take a look at a few of the headlines from this week about the new variant in Africa. This will be a story which repeats itself every few weeks until the world-wide vaccination rate rises.
A new Covid-19 variant could show immune evasion and enhanced transmissibility, South African scientists warn
https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/25/worl...ca-immune-evasion-transmissibility/index.html
Scientists warn of new Covid variant with high number of mutations
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...w-covid-variant-with-high-number-of-mutations
Britain alarmed by new COVID-19 variant spreading in South Africa
https://www.reuters.com/business/he...ly-identified-coronavirus-variant-2021-11-25/
NEW THREAT?
‘Horrific’ new Covid variant is most evolved ever and ‘could dodge vaccines’
https://www.the-sun.com/health/4142175/new-covid-variant-32-mutations-vaccines-worse-delta/
New variant ‘could already by in the UK’ amid fears vaccines are 40% less effective, expert warns
https://www.the-sun.com/health/4145094/new-covid-variant-infecting-vaccinated/
The U.S is stopping travel from South Africa and seven other countries due to the new Omicron variant.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/omicron-variant-us-restrict-travel-southern-africa-nations
https://www.foxnews.com/us/omicron-variant-us-restrict-travel-southern-africa-nations
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The new variant is quickly replacing Delta.
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Some in-depth information about the new Omicron variant from a blog of a epidemiologist.
New Concerning Variant: B.1.1.529
https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/new-concerning-variant-b11529
New Concerning Variant: B.1.1.529
https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/new-concerning-variant-b11529
From the article you posted...
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What is the B.1.1.529 variant?
B.1.1.529 was first discovered in Botswana on November 11. It was then quickly identified in South Africa three days later and identified in two cases in Hong Kong. This morning Israel and Belgium announced that they have cases.
The Belgium case was a young, unvaccinated woman who developed flu-like symptoms 11 days after travelling to Egypt via Turkey. She had no links to South Africa. This means that the virus is already circulating in communities. As of yesterday, 100 cases have been identified across the globe (mostly in South Africa). As I write this, no cases have been identified in the United States.
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Those cases in South Africa were mainly among young students but I believe they were talking about University students and not children.
- Young adults have been the most vaccine resistant and vaccine hesitant.
I have a feeling the travel bans against South Africa will be useless because this Variant of Concern is already spreading worldwide as implied by the young Belgium woman (not vaccinated) that was infected while traveling in Egypt via Turkey (not South Africa).
wrbtrader
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