Thai virologist downplays presence of new ‘Deltacron’ COVID variant

[snoop1130]

Photo: The US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

 

A senior Thai virologist has dismissed the emergence of a new COVID-19 variant, unofficially dubbed “Deltacron” as reported in Cyprus, noting that it is possible that the RNA of both the Delta and Omicron variants was contaminated in laboratories.

 

Dr. Anan Jongkaewwattana of National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (Biotec) said in his Facebook post yesterday (Sunday) that, if there is a new variant as claimed, it must have been separated in the sequencing process.

 

There is a high probability that the Delta or Omicron variant may have been tainted during the genome sequencing process, he noted, as he urged virologists concerned to be more cautious and not to jump to a public conclusion that they have found a new variant.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thai-virologist-downplays-presence-of-new-deltacron-covid-variant/

 

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[Captain Monday]

Maybe the virus is coming out as Bi ?

[Bkk Brian]

Just as well he keeps up with twitter then passes the news to Thailand.

[LivinLOS]

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3162762/coronavirus-deltacron-discovery-not-mistake-says-scientist-who

[sungod]

Don't believe anything until 'The Yong ster' has spoken.

 

(He is usually a couple of weeks behind though......)

[ArcticFox]

I'm sure that Yong The Great will issue a proclamation anytime now.

[DavisH]

Interesting, but Omicron did not evolve from Delta. Omicron arose form the original Wuhan strain. What Omicron has been doing the last two years is a bit of a mystery. 

[Enoon]

So the new variant possibly combines lower transmission of Delta with lower lethality of Omicron?

 

See why I scored so badly in the headline component of my journalism exam?

 

[hioctane]

4 hours ago, DavisH said:

Interesting, but Omicron did not evolve from Delta. Omicron arose form the original Wuhan strain. What Omicron has been doing the last two years is a bit of a mystery. 

Omnicron didn’t exist 2 years ago. It mutated recently from South Africa.

[worgeordie]

The Thai ventriloquist (yes) is quick to dismiss the findings of others, there has already have been several variants , why not a new one now, and I suspect more to come , that's what viruses do , mutate.

regards worgeordie

 

[Scott]

Unsubstantiated conspiracy post reported and removed. 

[Kinnock]

It's time we stopped testing, gene-typing, tracking, reporting and fretting.

 

The only statistics that matters is the number of available ICU beds per region.  Everything else is just noise.

[RichardColeman]

Another 'expert' that is just watching the foreign news stations

[Virt]

4 hours ago, hioctane said:

Omnicron didn’t exist 2 years ago. It mutated recently from South Africa.

It's still not proven when and where Omicron evolved.

Many believe it evolved in a human during a long period of time, but some thought the virus jumped from humans into animals and back again later in a new variant.

Which this recent article also describes.

 

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/covid-19-did-omicron-evolve-in-mice

[ukrules]

11 hours ago, DavisH said:

Interesting, but Omicron did not evolve from Delta. Omicron arose form the original Wuhan strain. What Omicron has been doing the last two years is a bit of a mystery. 

Not if you dig a bit, I won't elaborate here on this forum about something like this ever again. Consider me silenced on this matter.

 

[freedomnow]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

A senior Thai virologist has dismissed the emergence of a new COVID-19 variant, unofficially dubbed “Deltacron”

Marriage will be blocked by courts.

[Scott]

A post violating Fair Use Policy has been reported and removed.  

 

 

[rabas]

8 hours ago, hioctane said:

Omnicron didn’t exist 2 years ago. It mutated recently from South Africa.

Omicron dates back to something about 1.5 years ago, see the arrow, not descendent from main stream variants and not from the original Wuhan strain. It's presence is not easy to explain.

 

Info from Trevor Bedford:  https://twitter.com/trvrb/status/1464353224417325066

 

Edited January 10, 2022 by rabas

[Catoni]

25 minutes ago, Dukeleto said:

Honestly who gives a toss anymore! Governments (in general) reaction to this whole thing has been atrocious and the miss information astounding. Scientists, doctors and others hounded threatened or censored for daring to ask questions. Mandates, segregation based on vaccine status. It’s Orwellian is what it is. Personally I give covid and the vaccine and governments (in general) my most defiant big fat middle finger. History, I believe, will look back at this period of time with utter disbelieve at the cr@p we have ALL had to put up with. If they had all simply left it alone and not interfered with doctors and health care workers I believe we would all be in a much better place today. They knew how to treat covid early on and they are still finding new ways to defeat it once you are infected. When Governments (in general) get involved it inevitably turns into a complete pile of dung. The handling of this pandemic has and is a travesty on mankind as a whole. Sorry I just had to get that off my chest this morning…now where has that coffee mug run off to?

 

Oh I almost forgot! This just in from France:

 

See the link at the bottom to the actual article (in French). I am presuming the description below in English is an accurate translation of the article.

A wealthy elderly man with a high value  Life Insurance policy to the amount of millions of euros... dies from the covid jab. His death as a consequence of being jabbed is not disputed by the doctors, nor his life insurers. Thr Insurance company refused to pay the policy, citing that the taking of experimental drugs, treatments, etc., is excluded from the policy. The family takes the insurance company to court and they have just lost the case.

The judge stated, "the experimental vaccine side effects are publicised and the deceased could not claim not to have known about them when he voluntarily took the jab. 

There is no law or mandate in France which forced him to be jabbed. Therefore, his death is essentially suicide". 

Suicide is explicitely excluded from this particular policy and in fact from all life insurance policies in general. 

This has been the finding of a major western world court system and there is zero doubt that insurance companies world wide will cite this case as legal fact.

Therefore, if anyone ever challenges you on whether these jabs are experimental or not, and that neither the pharma companies, nor govts, nor anyone else but YOU are responsible for accepting them and if you die, legally you have committed suicide. No insurance, no payouts, no refunds. You are on your own!

Here is the link to the article.

https://ns2017.wordpress.com/2022/01/06/en-france-deces-apres-la-vaccination-dun-grand-pere-tres-fortune-ancien-chef-dentreprise-parisien-de-versailles-avec-assurance-vie-de-plusieurs-millions-deuro-pour-le-benefice-de-ses-enfants/

Well….everyone dies. Covid jab or not. I hate to burst your bubble. But life itself is 100% fatal. 

[hotchilli]

13 hours ago, Captain Monday said:

Maybe the virus is coming out as Bi ?

I'm safe then ????

[dogfish180]

Yawn! More flu ????

[Srikcir]

"deltacron variant"

Anon is free to personally label the next variant any name he wants but variants follow the Greek 24 letter alphabet. And Delta and Omicron are already in use. 

So hopefully the next variant will be Omegacron, last of the most affected Coronovirus variants. 

[TKDfella]

15 hours ago, LivinLOS said:

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3162762/coronavirus-deltacron-discovery-not-mistake-says-scientist-who

Yesterday I posted these two on another thread;

Have just read this https://www.news18.com/news/explainers/explained-new-variant-or-lab-error-what-you-need-to-know-about-deltacron-4640063.html

or WHO says it's lab contamination https://www.nationalworld.com/health/coronavirus/is-deltacron-real-verdict-on-new-covid-strain-that-combines-delta-and-omicron-detected-in-cyprus-3520806

All a bit confusing eh?????

[kiwikeith]

15 hours ago, Captain Monday said:

Maybe the virus is coming out as Bi ?

Bi does that mean Bigoted? I agree with the good DR as I read as much as I could yesterday from leading virologists and they have the same opinion, which is good, so far

[Omicron]

How many times have we heard this rhetoric? He should be aware of the old adage:-

If it can happen it will happen 

[Almer]

15 hours ago, law ling said:

I take your point.

 

I would go a step further: could it be that new varients are still being created and distributed around the world, as we speak? Why do we assume that every human being is only working tirelessly to supress the virus? Could it be that, say a large communist country, being completely flummoxed by the virus, and not wanting to be alone in dealing with it, is seeding it around, so that it's not damaged more than others? 

 

Well, conspiracy theory?, or the plot for an international spy novel? ...

You may of course be close to the truth, look how easy Novachock got to do damage just a bit on a door handle caused havoc in the UK

[soalbundy]

1 hour ago, kiwikeith said:

Bi does that mean Bigoted? I agree with the good DR as I read as much as I could yesterday from leading virologists and they have the same opinion, which is good, so far

Maybe it's just a Delta with an Omicron waiting inside to be recognized for what it isn't.

[digger70]

17 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

There is a high probability that the Delta or Omicron variant may have been tainted during the genome sequencing process, he noted, as he urged virologists concerned to be more cautious and not to jump to a public conclusion that they have found a new varian

So they Say ,what about the Other New Variant     UHI  from France. 

 

Health experts say they expect more variants to emerge as COVID-19 cases continue to rise, but will not gain popularity.

[johnarth]

It has been suggested in Aussie that a fourth jab will be the go, reminds me of the cartoon of a man with band ads all the way down his arm, but what happens if a new dangerous covid 19 comes along?

[sirineou]

3 hours ago, Catoni said:

Well….everyone dies. Covid jab or not. I hate to burst your bubble. But life itself is 100% fatal. 

some sooner than others