'Deltacron' identified as new COVID variant

[dukkha]

Cases have been confirmed in several regions of France and it appears to have been circulating since early January.

In a briefing on 9 March, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said the strain had also been found in the Netherlands and Denmark.

There are two confirmed cases in the US with a number of other suspected infections.

And last month, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) revealed one case of Delta x Omicron had been discovered in a person who had contracted both variants.

Scientists says the variant's "backbone" is derived from Delta while its spike - the part of the virus that attaches itself to human cells - is from Omicron.

Combined viruses come about when someone is infected with two variants at the same time, and their cells then replicate together.

Maria van Kerkhove, the COVID technical lead for the WHO, said this mutation was "to be expected, especially with intense circulation of Omicron & Delta".

She added that her team was "tracking and discussing" the variant

 

[dukkha]

Delta variant had more severe effects on those who caught it, while Omicron was more infectious. This may cause concern over a strain combined from both.

However, scientists stress there is now substantial immunity in the human population against both variants and there is no reason to think this will pose a danger to vaccines.

Dr William Lee, chief science officer at Helix, a California based lab that sequences COVID-19 samples for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told USA Today: "The fact that there is not that much of it, that even the two cases we saw were different, suggests that it's probably not going to elevate to a variant of concern level."
https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19...t-spreading-and-should-we-be-worried-12563165

 

[Hawkeye10]

Cases have been confirmed in several regions of France and it appears to have been circulating since early January.

In a briefing on 9 March, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said the strain had also been found in the Netherlands and Denmark.

There are two confirmed cases in the US with a number of other suspected infections.

And last month, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) revealed one case of Delta x Omicron had been discovered in a person who had contracted both variants.

Scientists says the variant's "backbone" is derived from Delta while its spike - the part of the virus that attaches itself to human cells - is from Omicron.

Combined viruses come about when someone is infected with two variants at the same time, and their cells then replicate together.

Maria van Kerkhove, the COVID technical lead for the WHO, said this mutation was "to be expected, especially with intense circulation of Omicron & Delta".

She added that her team was "tracking and discussing" the variant

SARS-COV2 is here to stay.

Is there a point?

 

[Legion]

Midterms are coming - gotta scare people into voting by mail to make the cheating look good.

 

[Hawkeye10]

Midterms are coming - gotta scare people into voting by mail to make the cheating look good.

Desperate for a better excuse to demand obedience masking.

 

[Into the Night]

Cases have been confirmed in several regions of France and it appears to have been circulating since early January.

In a briefing on 9 March, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said the strain had also been found in the Netherlands and Denmark.

There are two confirmed cases in the US with a number of other suspected infections.

And last month, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) revealed one case of Delta x Omicron had been discovered in a person who had contracted both variants.

Scientists says the variant's "backbone" is derived from Delta while its spike - the part of the virus that attaches itself to human cells - is from Omicron.

Combined viruses come about when someone is infected with two variants at the same time, and their cells then replicate together.

Maria van Kerkhove, the COVID technical lead for the WHO, said this mutation was "to be expected, especially with intense circulation of Omicron & Delta".

She added that her team was "tracking and discussing" the variant

Fiction.

 

[Life is Golden]

Midterms are coming - gotta scare people into voting by mail to make the cheating look good.

Most definitely.

 

[Legion]

Most definitely.

Who didn't see this coming?

 

[Life is Golden]

Who didn't see this coming?

My guess is it's wishful thinking.

This thing is pretty much out of here.

 

[Legion]

My guess is it's wishful thinking. This thing is pretty much out of here.

That's dangerous misinformation.

 

[Life is Golden]

That's dangerous misinformation.

LOL. What do you mean?

 

[Melchizedek = Michael]

My guess is it's wishful thinking.

This thing is pretty much out of here.

You claimed that in March of 2 years ago!

 

[Legion]

LOL. What do you mean?

Silence! How dare you question the SCIENCE™!

 

[Legion]

You claimed that in March of 2 years ago!

LINK

 

[Life is Golden]

You claimed that in March of 2 years ago!

That was 2 years ago. I think we can safely say sayonara to it now.

 

[Life is Golden]

Silence! How dare you question the SCIENCE™!

But the political science now says no masks, no vaxxes required!

Did you miss the latest Woke memo?

 

[Legion]

But the political science now says no masks, no vaxxes required! Did you miss the latest Woke memo?

SHUTUPSHUTUPSHUTUP! PUT YOUR MASK ON AGAIN!

 

[Callinectes]

Midterms are coming - gotta scare people into voting by mail to make the cheating look good.

This^^^

 

[Matt Dillon]

Who didn't see this coming?

It worked so well the 1st time, they'll be trying this forevermore.

Covid got done what "global warming" was trying to-and then some!

 

[Legion]

This^^^

What's astonishing me is that many conservatives have now completely forgotten that the media has lied about everything for years, but now, all of a sudden, they're telling us the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth about Ukraine.

It's crazy.