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3713 followers · 272752 posts · Server schleuss.onlineBA.2.86 fears fizzle as other variants drive up hospitalizations, deaths - Enlarge (credit: Getty | Justin Sullivan)
Concern over the hig... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1966041 #sars-cov-2 #subvariant #boosters #covid-19 #pandemic #vaccines #science #ba.2.86 #omicron #xbb.1.5 #health #eg.5 #who
#who #eg #health #xbb #omicron #ba #science #vaccines #pandemic #covid #boosters #subvariant #sars
Giuseppe Michieli · @GMIK69
102 followers · 2054 posts · Server mstdn.science#Brazil, #Fiocruz identifies #EG5 {#SARS_CoV_2} #lineage of the coronavirus for the first time in #Rio de Janeiro, https://portal.fiocruz.br/noticia/fiocruz-identifica-linhagem-eg5-do-coronavirus-pela-primeira-vez-no-rio-de-janeiro #pandemic #subvariant #VOIs #report
#brazil #fiocruz #eg5 #SARS_COV_2 #lineage #rio #pandemic #subvariant #vois #report
Giuseppe Michieli · @GMIK69
101 followers · 2030 posts · Server mstdn.science
''#EG5 Omicron #subvariant represented 5.3% of the viruses genetically characterized.''
A.Stringer · @Annekin
107 followers · 833 posts · Server mstdn.social"As news reports on infections increase, we must remember that we are no longer in a Covid emergency: we are in a phase of management, and the difference between crisis and non-crisis must be made clear in public messaging. There is a risk to crying wolf too many times."
A new Covid variant is on the rise – how worried should we be? | Devi Sridhar | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/18/new-covid-variant-worried-subvariants-mutate
#Covid #Endemic #NewVariant #SubVariant #GetVaccinated #Vaccines #Vaccineswork #Health
#Health #VaccinesWork #vaccines #GetVaccinated #subvariant #newvariant #endemic #COVID
CareFlag She/Her · @Ruthie
283 followers · 5463 posts · Server mstdn.social
Giuseppe Michieli · @GMIK69
93 followers · 1840 posts · Server mstdn.science#WHO classifies #EG5 {#SARS_CoV_2 #subvariant} as #COVID19 '#VOI' https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/who-classifies-eg-5-as-covid-19-variant-of-interest-1.6512001 #globalhealth #pandemic #surveillance
#who #eg5 #SARS_COV_2 #subvariant #COVID19 #voi #globalhealth #pandemic #surveillance
Giuseppe Michieli · @GMIK69
93 followers · 1832 posts · Server mstdn.science18% of recent #COVID19 #community cases in #Singapore infected by #EG5 #Omicron #subvariant, CNA: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/covid-19-community-cases-singapore-infected-eg5-omicron-subvariant-3685896?cid=cna_flip_070214 #news #medicine #epidemiology #pandemic #sars_cov_2
#COVID19 #community #singapore #eg5 #omicron #subvariant #news #medicine #epidemiology #pandemic #SARS_COV_2
IT News · @itnewsbot
3595 followers · 269437 posts · Server schleuss.online
New SARS-CoV-2 variant gains dominance in US amid mild summer COVID wave - Enlarge (credit: Getty | Thomas Trutschel)
For a fourth consec... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1959483 #hospitalizations #testpositivity #seasonality #sars-cov-2 #subvariant #wastewater #covid-19 #pandemic #vaccines #omicron #health #deaths #summer #cdc #fda
#fda #cdc #summer #deaths #health #omicron #vaccines #pandemic #covid #wastewater #subvariant #sars #seasonality #testpositivity #hospitalizations
Joe Pajak (Dr) · @JoePajak
1677 followers · 2117 posts · Server toot.community#COVIDtracking: #Arcturus in the UK
'Five Brits have died with the new #Arcturus #Covid #subvariant, known as #Omicron XBB.1.16, as there are over 135 cases confirmed in the UK and thousands worldwide.'
✍️Govt's attitude to @ONS surveillance is nonsensical.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/breaking-five-brits-die-new-29790459?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar
#covidtracking #arcturus #covid #subvariant #Omicron
Giuseppe Michieli · @GMIK69
59 followers · 1121 posts · Server mstdn.scienceRospotrebnadzor revealed in
#Russia cases of disease with a #subvariant of #SARS-CoV-2 #Omicron XBB116 '#Arcturus', https://ria.ru/20230418/koronavirus-1866167405.html
#Russia #subvariant #sars #omicron #arcturus
Giuseppe Michieli · @GMIK69
57 followers · 1089 posts · Server mstdn.science
New #Omicron #subvariant #XBB116: What you need to know about #Arcturus https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/what-arcturus-covid-19-variant-causing-surge-india-3417451
#omicron #subvariant #xbb116 #arcturus
Eric's Risk Assessment · @EricCarroll
1808 followers · 2386 posts · Server zeroes.ca#SARS2 #variant tracking (in Forbes of all places)
CH.1.1 ‘Orthrus’: How Concerning Is This New #Covid19 #subvariant ?
#SARS2 #variant #covid19 #subvariant
Duncan Batey · @FakePlasticDunk
141 followers · 1555 posts · Server universeodon.com
"So, this new Covid variant..."
"What, the ultra-transmissable Omicron subvariant?"
"That's the one. Such a shame we can't assign a Greek letter to it like the rest."
"Because it's a subvariant? Yes. Well, why don't we just come up with some other kind of nickname for it?"
"Capital idea! Now, we'd better pick something innocuous, you know, don't want to cause any kind of panic."
"Good point. How about... Kraken?"
"Perfect."
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/new-covid-xbb15-variant-dubbed-25900030
#covid #kraken #omicron #subvariant
IT News · @itnewsbot
2723 followers · 245583 posts · Server schleuss.onlineXBB.1.5: Still more questions than answers on risk of latest omicron subvariant - Enlarge / A CDC COVID-19 variant testing site inside Tom Bradley Intern... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1909381 #infectiousdisease #publichealth #coronavirus #sars-cov-2 #subvariant #covid-19 #science #omicron #xbb.1.5 #ecdc #cdc #who
#who #cdc #ecdc #xbb #omicron #science #covid #subvariant #sars #coronavirus #publichealth #infectiousdisease
Irene Tosetti, MD, MBA MPH · @irenetosetti
3107 followers · 1203 posts · Server med-mastodon.com
RT @TaNaishaJ@twitter.com
1/2 "As of Friday, #XBB15 was responsible for an estimated 75% of cases in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s regions 1 and 2, which include..."
#Omicron #subvariant #SARSCoV2 #COVID19 #CovidIsNotOver
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/TaNaishaJ/status/1612095037633953792
#xbb15 #omicron #subvariant #SarsCoV2 #COVID19 #CovidIsNotOver
Poptheart · @Poptheart
22 followers · 383 posts · Server mastodon.social#Doctors: #New #Omicron #subvariant #XBB.1.5 #responsible for 75% of #new #COVID #cases in #Northeast
#doctors #new #omicron #subvariant #xbb #responsible #covid #cases #northeast
gwfoto · @gwfoto
89 followers · 262 posts · Server newsie.socialWhat a way to start off the New Year. Please wear your masks when in public places
Highly #immune #evasive #omicron #XBB.1.5 #variant is quickly becoming dominant in U.S. as it doubles weekly
Scientists and public health officials have been closely monitoring the XBB #subvariant family for months because the strains have many mutations that could render the #Covid19 vaccines, including the #omicronboosters, less #effective and cause even more #breakthrough #infections.
#immune #evasive #Omicron #xbb #variant #subvariant #COVID19 #omicronboosters #effective #breakthrough #infections
Scientific European · @ScientificEuropean
340 followers · 294 posts · Server toot.community#covid19 Not Over Yet: What We Know of the Latest Surge in #China | It is perplexing why China chose to lift #ZeroCovid policy and do away with the strict NPIs, in winter, just before the #Chinese #NewYear when a highly transmissible #subvariant #bf7 was already in #Circulation
#covid19 #China #ZeroCovid #chinese #NewYear #subvariant #bf7 #Circulation
Flora Fauna · @empress
70 followers · 173 posts · Server techhub.socialPrepare to hunker down. Again. From LiveScience regarding upcoming #COVID #subvariant: “Reports from China indicate BF.7 has the strongest infection ability out of the omicron subvariants in the country, being quicker to transmit than other variants, having a shorter incubation period, and with greater capacity to infect people who have had a previous COVID infection, or been vaccinated, or both. To put this into context, BF.7 is believed to have an R0, or basic reproduction number, of 10 to 18.6. This means an infected person will transmit the virus to an average of 10 to 18.6 other people. Research has shown omicron has an average R0 of 5.08.”
Flora Fauna · @empress
70 followers · 173 posts · Server techhub.socialPrepare to hunker down. Again.
From LiveScience regarding upcoming #COVID #subvariant: “Reports from China indicate BF.7 has the strongest infection ability (opens in new tab) out of the omicron subvariants in the country, being quicker to transmit than other variants, having a shorter incubation period, and with greater capacity to infect people who have had a previous COVID infection, or been vaccinated, or both.
To put this into context, BF.7 is believed to have an R0, or basic reproduction number, of 10 to 18.6 (opens in new tab). This means an infected person will transmit the virus to an average of 10 to 18.6 other people. Research has shown omicron has an average R0 of 5.08 (opens in new tab).”