Dtknuckles
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So rich people in LA county are using codes for the hardest his neighborhood to skip a head in line for the vaccine.
A coronavirus variant that probably emerged in May and surged to become the dominant strain in California not only spreads more readily than its predecessors but also evades antibodies generated by COVID-19 vaccines or prior infection and is associated with severe illness and death, researchers said.
In a study that helps explain the state’s dramatic holiday surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths — and portends further trouble ahead — scientists at UC San Francisco said the cluster of mutations that characterizes the homegrown strain should mark it as a “variant of concern” on par with those from the United Kingdom, South Africa and Brazil.
New variant that looks really nasty. We don't yet know how wide spread it is or if it's any worse, but it has the potential to be highly contagious and possibly resistant to current vaccines.
Two variants of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes covid-19 have combined their genomes to form a heavily mutated hybrid version of the virus. The “recombination” event was discovered in a virus sample in California, provoking warnings that we may be poised to enter a new phase of the pandemic.
The hybrid virus is the result of recombination of the highly transmissible B.1.1.7 variant discovered in the UK and the B.1.429 variant that originated in California and which may be responsible for a recent wave of cases in Los Angeles because it carries a mutation making it resistant to some antibodies.
The recombinant was discovered by Bette Korber at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, who told a meeting organised by the New York Academy of Sciences on 2 February that she had seen “pretty clear” evidence of it in her database of US viral genomes.
The implications of the finding aren’t yet clear because very little is known about the recombinant’s biology. However, it does carry a mutation from B.1.1.7, called Δ69/70, which makes the UK virus more transmissible, and another from B.1.429, called L452R, which can confer resistance to antibodies.
“This kind of event could allow the virus to have coupled a more infectious virus with a more resistant virus,” Korber said at the New York meeting.
Read more: Exclusive: Two variants have merged into heavily mutated coronavirus
Yeah, most virologists think that it's going to take us about 7 years before everything gets settled into us having a seasonal Covid variant, much like what we have with the flu.I’m sure this was discussed many times in my absence so I apologize for not reading nearly a years’ worth of thread if this is too well worn.
I think folks need to legitimately prepare for this never going away.
So far, at least, don't the vaccines seem promising that, in spite of that, they may continue to be more effective than flu vaccines if they create COVID boosters?Yeah, most virologists think that it's going to take us about 7 years before everything gets settled into us having a seasonal Covid variant, much like what we have with the flu.
I’m sure this was discussed many times in my absence so I apologize for not reading nearly a years’ worth of thread if this is too well worn.
I think folks need to legitimately prepare for this never going away.
That’s good they resisted the urge to open them. Taking your action figures out of the packaging ruins the collector value.![]()
Back at school | Pandemic continues, but life goes on at Wenatchee and Eastmont highs
WENATCHEE — You can’t see them smiling beneath the masks, but students at Wenatchee and Eastmont high schools are glad to be back in school, even if it’s only part-time.www.wenatcheeworld.com
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That’s good they resisted the urge to open them. Taking your action figures out of the packaging ruins the collector value.