I can feel riots coming.
Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!
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Tipp blue
If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong.
With the way the world is connected and the ability to get from any point on the planet to pretty much any other point within 24ish hours means that by the time a new variant is discovered it's likley already in loads of countries and spreading elsewhere.. another thing that I don't know the answer to, maybe you do, with that many mutations 50% more I've heard, is it not as likley to end up less a severe infection as more severe?
ForeverBlue92
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Suprised they actually haven't tweaked the jabs already.
I assumed all boosters would have been based on the indian strain thats dominate.
Either way no point worrying what will be will be as the saying goes.
I assumed all boosters would have been based on the indian strain thats dominate.
Either way no point worrying what will be will be as the saying goes.
My money is on Wednesday night.
tsubaki
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Indeed, and this is another reason why we need to have much better surveillance at home - not only is there the interconnectivity now that you mention, but also there are countries who would not necessarily report to the world quickly enough that there was a problem.
tsubaki
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They'd be profoundly stupid events in the circumstances, but people would be right to be angry.
TheBigIguana
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They haven't because to this point there hasn't been a need. For all the speculating about maybe this one is resistant it hasn't really been proven that any strain really is so far.
Toast
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Think they should cancel the football season now.
Chelsea champions and Newcastle relagated.
It’s very likely mate, but what you do have is the ability to stick a finger in the dam for a time and that allows you to plan and stagger a surge in terms of travel quarantine etc - should one happen.
It is possible, there are many new variants all the time, we just don’t know yet. The concern here is we recognise the same make up we have seen in other variants and some new elements, the worry is with so many mutations compared to other variants there is a greater risk that the this variant may be resistant to vaccinations and they won’t protect us/significantly.
So this is sequencing from Gauteng and it’s evident NU is becoming the dominant strain over Delta.
wainy
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What I don’t get is Covid is clearly going nowhere and with international travel etc new variants are always going to appear. So my question is are we just going to employ restrictions each time a new variant is found? And, seeing as Covid is going to be with us forever, is wearing masks now redundant? Surely better to get your “vaccine” and have increased immunity again if you catch it?
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