Latest Covid variants and outlook for UK summer
Christina Pagel on why there probably will be a Covid summer wave.
Independent SAGE
#CovidIsNotOver #Covid19UK
#SummerWave #CovidVariants
https://open.substack.com/pub/independentsage/p/latest-covid-variants-and-outlook
Does anyone have and advice which is the better vaccine for latest COVID variants. There is the new protein based Novavax or the older Pfizer and Moderna ones.
Thanks in advance.
#covid #covid19 #CovidIsNotOver #covidvaccines #CovidVaccination #covidvariants
@VickiWoodward
Those differences between wastewater and clinical are interesting.
Some naive explanations:
1. More relative abundance in clinical is due to greater severity of variant -> increased medical interaction.
2. Less relative abundance in clinical is due to variant being more active in the gut -> increase in wastewater.
If the aged care data showed variants then maybe we could see one of these explanations fitted with that better.
From Dr. Claire Taylor on the current Covid variant (XEC): Link to OP: threadreaderapp.com/thread/18454... #Covid #XEC #CovidVariants
If you follow the evolution of Covid variants, one of the top folks to read is Ryan Hisner (@LongDesertTrain).
Here's Ryan's latest post on the rise of the XEC Covid variant:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/18373...
#XEC #Covid #Covid #CovidVariants
Thread by @LongDesertTrain on ...
New COVID variants have emerged as dominant strains as summer begins.
#HealthScience #News #COVIDVariants #COVID19 #FLiRT #FLiRTVariants
Everything's changing ... In my opinion, #pharmaceuticalcompanies can definitely afford to offer the #CovidVaccines free of charge, INDEFINITELY! They just don't want to any longer, because they are #corrupt and #greedy ... They've reached the end of their #altruism whether it was genuine or not.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4670459-cdc-ending-free-covid-vaccines-uninsured/
#CorporateCORRUPTION #CorporateGREED #LoveOfMoney #Covidisntover #CovidVariants #CovidBooster #CovidBoosters #CovidVaccine #CenterForDiseaseControl
Saw this image from #Pokémon the original series and decided to make a #Covid #Meme encouraging people to #MaskUp. In the case of #CovidVariants , you really don't want to catch any, let alone all of them.
> ... the latest dominant COVID subvariants have a reproductive rate of around 18.6, tying or surpassing measles, the world’s most infectious viral disease... recent subvariants like BA.4 and BA.5 are the most immune-evasive yet, with the ability to dodge antibodies from both vaccines and prior infection.. decreasing the amount of attendees at gatherings.. can .. reduce transmission...
https://fortune.com/well/2022/07/09/can-you-get-covid-outside-outdoors-omicron-ba5-ba4/
#Covid19 #CovidVariants #R0 #Rnaught #Measles
/HT #RebeccaSolnit's FB post
"It may feel like we should all be done with Covid-19, but sadly Covid-19 is not done with us."
Clear and insightful article by Professor Sheena Cruickshank on the continuing covid threat, and on how current covid policies and feed the evolutionary pressures that bring about new variants.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/07/covid-19-uk-variants-testing-monitoring-drugs
#covid #CovidIsNotOver #CovidVariants #CovidEvolution #Molnupiravir
EDIT:
Sheena Cruickshank is on Mastodon, hooray.
@Sheencr
4/🧵
> = already here in the US
w/484K:
>EG.6.1.1 (Hyp)
FL.30 (Hyp)
No 486P
>FW.1.1 (XBB.1.28)
CK.1.1.1 (BA.5.2.24 extension)
>JH* (BA.5.3.1 extension)
#COVID #COVID19 #COVIDvariants #COVIDclans
#Hyperion #Centaurus #EG516 #Kraken #XBB
3/ 🧵
aaaand then we'll have:
FLlip:
>HK.3 (Hyp)
>JG.3 (Hyp)
FLip+452R
>DV.7.1 (Cent)
Also:
>EG.5.1.6* (Hyp, but Eris on its own)
>HV.1 (Hyp/now Eris)
Recombo FLip:
>XCH (Kraken+Hyp?Arc?)
>XCM (Arx+Cent)
>XCL (Krak?+XBB.1.22)
Mixes:
>GA.4.1 (XBB.1.17)
>GS.4.1 (Arx)
>JE.1 (Arx)
FL.1.5.2 (Hyp)
XBB.1.16.24 (Arc)
>XBB.1.16.15 (Arc)
>GL1* (XAY.1.1.1)
>GJ.1.2 (Arx)
#COVID #COVID19 #COVIDvariants #COVIDclans
#Hyperion #Centaurus #HV1 #EG516 #Kraken
2/ 🧵
Upcoming concerning COVID variants (as per Federico Gueli on the bird app) and decoding lineages.
If any of this is wrong pls to let me know, I'm not officially anything sciencey 😵
(Gosh, these variant hunters are gonna need secretaries 👀)
Greater-than (>) designates variants already found in the USA.
Most immediate:
BA.2.86* (Pirola)
Me adding: JN.1* (BA.2.86.1.1*)
COVID variant tracking is getting...complicated, so I wrote out a thing to help myself keep all this straight.
A short 🧵, going to keep all this searchable/public.
1/
Informal kicknames:
BA.2.75–Centaurus
BQ.1–Typhon (BA.5.3.1, BA>BE>BQ)
CH.1.1–Orthrus
XBB.1.5–Kraken
XBB.1.9--Hyperion
XBB.1.16–Arcturus
XBB.2.3–Acrux
BA.2.86–Pirola
EG.5–Eris (from Hyp)
FL.1.5.1 -- Fornax
In the coming posts these will be pretty darn useful as you'll see!
You can watch WHNs recent broadcast with Eric Feigl-Ding discussing the newer variants and current surge here:
I noticed he was also quoted in a recent CBS news article here:
#covid19 #pirola #covidvariants #Schools #LongCOVID #LongCovidKids #MaskUp
The BA.2.86 fears
Have been dispelled in research
Variants still remain
BA.2.86 fears fizzle as other #COVIDvariants drive up hospitalizations, deaths
Three preliminary studies suggest BA.2.86 may not be the scary subvariant some feared. Increasing rates of hospitalizations, emergency department visits, and deaths—all driven by the current gang of circulating #COVID #omicron subvariants, led in the US by EG.5, FL.1.5.1 and XBB.1.16.6. No single variant is dominant globally, though EG.5 is on the rise. https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/09/ba-2-86-fears-fizzle-as-other-variants-drive-up-hospitalizations-deaths/
We have every reason to create better infection control standards in hospitals. It starts by #MasksInHealthcare and making sure those masks are the kind that stops airborne/aerosols, #n95 or better. This should be our top priority as more people are seeing #reinfections #longcovid and #covidvariants . It doesn't matter if we have the tools if we don't have the brains and brawn to use them.
My comment to #HICPAC at their August meeting, with links to research cited:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UNAgd-sZ-6SAVWzBl_R5X6YOs9UKCCcwgd-topIBhoQ/edit?usp=drivesdk
“We desperately need to pursue a variant-proof vaccine…
All of us wish this was behind us, but it’s not. Facing that fact this virus, in one version or another, will be with us for many years to come, rather than denialism and complacency, is critical.
At the moment there’s no reason for alarm.”
Important perspective IMO. Taking things scientifically, seriously, but in non-alarmist way. From @erictopol
#CovidIsNotOver #CovidVariants #variants #CovidVaccines
Woah!
Virologist hunting mystery COVID strain in Ohio wastewater suspects one individual infected for 2+ years
https://boingboing.net/2023/06/05/virologist-hunting-mystery-covid-strain-in-ohio-wastewater-suspects-one-individual-infected-for-2-years.html
#COVID #COVID19 #LongCOVID #SARSCoV2 #COVIDvariants #wastewater #wastewaterMonitoring
