What dangers come with Beta, Bangkok’s latest COVID variant?

[webfact]

 

Barely a month after the Beta variant emerged in the deep South, it has managed to travel more than 1,000 kilometres north to Bangkok where COVID-19 cases were already surging by thousands each day.

 

On June 28, the Medical Sciences Department confirmed that a single Beta case had been found in the capital, triggering medical experts to sound the alarm.

 

What threat does Beta carry?

 

First detected in South Africa late last year, the Beta variant – also known as B1.351 – blunts the efficacy of most COVID-19 vaccines. In clinical trials, two doses of AstraZeneca vaccine proved to be only 10.4 per cent effective in preventing mild to moderate B1.351 infections.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/what-dangers-come-with-beta-bangkoks-latest-covid-variant/

 

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[Justgrazing]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

 

Barely a month after the Beta variant emerged in the deep South, it has managed to travel more than 1,000 kilometres north to Bangkok

 

Bit late to put a block on then .. 

 

[Gold Star]

Now we need a masterbeta vaccine?

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Barely a month after the Beta variant emerged in the deep South, it has managed to travel more than 1,000 kilometres north to Bangkok where COVID-19 cases were already surging by thousands each day.

I'm waiting for the VHS variant... that'll catch on quickly.

[Cake Monster]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

First detected in South Africa late last year, the Beta variant – also known as B1.351 – blunts the efficacy of most COVID-19 vaccines. In clinical trials, two doses of AstraZeneca vaccine proved to be only 10.4 per cent effective in preventing mild to moderate B1.351 infections.

And the AZ Vaccine is 0 % effective if not administered fully .

[WhiteBuffaloATM]

same as other variants to unknown degree.....we dont know.....stop being constantly scared about everything......you are not kids any more.... get vaxed & stop worrying....just react rationally to known realities.....you know , like you did pre-covid before ditching the rationality...?

12 O Clock High / Gregory Peck..... “stop worrying about flight missions.....consider yourselves already dead......stop making plans.......you’ll find it all much easier”