'Don't panic Mr Manwaring' - yet . . .

[TorquayFan]

Please I am not trying to alarm anyone - it is just info.

 

A new variant has emerged in South East France - it doesn't look good but it's very earliest days.

 

I am so fed up with this saga - as is everyone else. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.12.24.21268174v1 ATB

 

Edited January 3, 2022 by TorquayFan

[Denim]

Time to start filling the larder again.

[TorquayFan]

Not really M8 but IMHO, continue to take care.

 

We NEED a 'Universal vaccine' . . . . .

 

[NanLaew]

This article is a preprint and has not been peer-reviewed [what does this mean?]. It reports new medical research that has yet to be evaluated and so should not be used to guide clinical practice.

 

Yes, don't panic Mr. Mainwaring.

[Chomper Higgot]

10 hours ago, TorquayFan said:

Not really M8 but IMHO, continue to take care.

 

We NEED a 'Universal vaccine' . . . . .

 

A universal vaccine, desirable as that is, will face the same anti-vaccine misinformation as the vaccines that have already saved countless people from serious illness, hospitalization and death.

[Rimmer]

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[Virt]

IHU har fewer mutations on the spike protein compared to Omicron, so that's a good thing is it not?

 

 

[Virt]

Just noticed it was first discovered in mid november, before Omicron emerged, and since then Omicron took over in France.

Does that not mean the new variant were not able to beat Omicron to the finish line so to speak?

 

[TorquayFan]

Virt, I've been wondering myself about why a new variant can take over from the old - like Omicron in the UK taking over from Delta. Last night in another place, I saw this clear proposal from an 'eminent', which echoes what you say. So, borrowed from a Friend, here it is :-

 

"I think any new variant will have to prove more infective than Omicron to succeed. It seems that we can't get 2 Covid infections at the same time, or even a second one shortly after the first, so the virus that gets there first has a huge advantage. If Omicron is infecting 3 patients while Rho only infects 2, the latter doesn't stand a chance".

 

Let's hope Omicron wins the battle of Covid in France - ATB