Ricardo Harvin · @ricardoharvin
1560 followers · 14874 posts · Server mstdn.social
Come and get it! If you can afford it 🤬
The #COVID #XBB #variant family #booster approved in the #US for everyone older than 5 and will start being available by the end of this week. Price will be an obscene $100 per dose.
#Health "#insurance" *should* cover the cost, in-network, but we know how insurance finds ways to not ensure our health.
Good news is "It is likely that the XBB.1.5 #monovalent #vaccines will raise #antibodies against all the circulating variants"
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fda-clears-new-covid-boosters-5-things-know-rcna102577
#antibodies #vaccines #monovalent #insurance #Health #US #booster #variant #xbb #COVID
Jeff Gilchrist · @jeffgilchrist
3175 followers · 1057 posts · Server mstdn.science
Novavax vs mRNA vaccine
This thread explains how #Novavax is different from the #Moderna and #Pfizer #mRNA #vaccines and describes some of the benefits such as broadened #variant recognition, more durable #immunity, and fewer side effects. 🧵 1/
The one page easier to share version of this thread can be found at: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1700854098755563660.html
#Novavax #Moderna #pfizer #mrna #vaccines #variant #immunity
Samara · @samara
167 followers · 306 posts · Server climatejustice.social
@Yogiomm Yes #RAT s are plagued with false #covid negatives because of outdated swabbing techniques, #variant evolution, and just plain expiration. They’re still the most convenient tool available - “Heads up! Might be #COVID19 😐”
Got extras about to expire?Why not experiment with them and use them up? Test at least once a week? Try swabbing multiple novel places - back of throat, salivary glands, tears…? Yeah, gag, maybe other stuff too? Share?
Could be fun.
Eric's Risk Assessment · @EricCarroll
2395 followers · 4560 posts · Server zeroes.ca@Ekinnajay
What showing up in multiple countries means is that it has some level of population ignition already and has already achieved international circulation prior to surveillance detection.
Which is not surprising because we have ramped down the surveillance by 90% and officially gone back to sleep. It's similar to what happened in wave 1.
The question now is will it
1. fizzle out
2. Drive a new wave that is mitigated due to low immunity escape
3. Drive a #Delta or #Omicron like new #variant explosion due to increased transmission and/or high immunity escape
The lab tests results are suggestive but not predictive.
I for one won't be betting they are right.
Giuseppe Michieli · @GMIK69
104 followers · 2105 posts · Server mstdn.science
Poetry News · @haikubot
953 followers · 10399 posts · Server mastodon.cloudVirus
BA.2.86
Lab tests show, easing fears,
Contagiousness, immunities
Decreasing, reassuring science
#covid #science #variant #ba286 #cinquain #poetry
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/03/health/covid-new-variant-pirola-early-lab-results/index.html
#covid #science #variant #ba286 #cinquain #poetry
Giuseppe Michieli · @GMIK69
104 followers · 2093 posts · Server mstdn.science
Early #lab #tests suggest new #COVID19 #variant #BA286 may be less #contagious and less immune-evasive than feared https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/early-lab-tests-suggest-new-covid-19-variant-ba-2-86-may-be-less-contagious-and-less-immune-evasive-than-feared-1.6547033 #VOIs #SARS_CoV_2 #news
#lab #tests #COVID19 #variant #ba286 #contagious #vois #SARS_COV_2 #news
Kriszta Satori · @fulelo
5864 followers · 5908 posts · Server journa.host
#BBCNews - #Covid : New #BA.2.86 #variant found in Scotland
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-66670500
Giuseppe Michieli · @GMIK69
102 followers · 2057 posts · Server mstdn.science#SARS-CoV-2 #variant #risk evaluation, 30 August 2023, #WHO: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/WHO-2019-nCoV-Variants-Risk-assessment-2023.1 #pandemic #covid19 #report #update #assessment #VOIs #VUMs
#sars #variant #risk #who #pandemic #COVID19 #report #update #assessment #vois #vums
Pierre Lindenbaum · @yokofakun
955 followers · 1363 posts · Server genomic.social
Giuseppe Michieli · @GMIK69
101 followers · 2021 posts · Server mstdn.scienceChan YLE, Irvine MA, Prystajecky N, Sbihi H, Taylor M, Joffres Y, et al. Emergence of #SARS-CoV-2 #Delta #variant and effect of #NPIs, British Columbia, #Canada. Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Oct [date cited]. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2710.230055 #SDMs #pandemic #research
#sars #delta #variant #npis #canada #SDMs #pandemic #research
nosat · @nosat
316 followers · 7854 posts · Server liberdon.com
beSpacific · @bespacific
1138 followers · 2101 posts · Server newsie.social
Global #COVID monitoring is crashing as #ba286 #variant raises #alarm. "This is on the shoulders of governments right now." #MaskUp please. "We don't have good visibility on the impact of COVID-19 around the world" https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/08/global-covid-monitoring-is-crashing-as-ba-2-86-variant-raises-alarm/ #healthcare #pandemic #immunocompromised
#covid #ba286 #variant #alarm #MaskUp #healthcare #pandemic #ImmunoCompromised
Valerie Sonh :verigold: · @ValerieSonh
331 followers · 896 posts · Server masto.ai
Newest #variant BA.2.86 shows just how risky slacking off on #COVID #monitoring is https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/08/ba-2-86-shows-just-how-risky-slacking-off-on-covid-monitoring-is/ "But even if BA.2.86 does what [virologist Jesse] Bloom sees as mostly likely—fade away to an esoteric evolutionary anomaly—it should still raise alarm over the current state of our virus monitoring, as experts at the World Health Organization have repeatedly warned about." #WHO #COVIDisAirborne
#variant #covid #monitoring #who #covidisairborne
Tech news from Canada · @TechNews
978 followers · 26345 posts · Server mastodon.roitsystems.caArs Technica: Global COVID monitoring is crashing as BA.2.86 variant raises alarm https://arstechnica.com/?p=1963498 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #Infectiousdisease #variantofconcern #geneticsequence #publichealth #SARS-CoV-2 #COVID-19 #pandemic #Science #BA.2.86 #variant #Health #WHO
#Tech #arstechnica #it #technology #infectiousdisease #variantofconcern #geneticsequence #publichealth #SARS #covid #pandemic #science #Ba #variant #health #who
Ken · @Turntwo363
559 followers · 8979 posts · Server mstdn.social
From @erictopol via his #Substack feed from today, 24-Aug, regarding the new #BA286 #Variant
BTW,
#CovidIsNotOver
#COVIDisAirborne
#MaskUp
#WearADamnMask😷
https://erictopol.substack.com/p/a-quick-update-on-the-ba286-variant
The most critical piece that I read was:
#WearADamnMask #MaskUp #COVIDisAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #variant #ba286 #substack
Giuseppe Michieli · @GMIK69
101 followers · 1946 posts · Server mstdn.science
nosat · @nosat
314 followers · 7770 posts · Server liberdon.com
JonasR · @JonasR
107 followers · 962 posts · Server muenchen.social
Why a highly mutated coronavirus variant has scientists on alert
Research is under way to determine whether the mutation-laden lineage BA.2.86 is nothing to worry about — or has the potential to spread globally
#covid #COVID19 #SarsCoV2 #variant #ba286
Giuseppe Michieli · @GMIK69
101 followers · 1931 posts · Server mstdn.scienceHighly mutated #COVID virus #variant #BA286 showing up in multiple #countries https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/covid-variant-ba-2-86-1.6943005?cmp=rss #surveillance #news #SARS_CoV_2
#covid #variant #ba286 #countries #surveillance #news #SARS_COV_2