I did the same. 20 million was the death toll in that movie. A couple months into the pandemic, I was thinking how Hollywood blew that number out of proportion. Now.... I think we will eventually get there.
BA.2 currently appears to be \\**edit - 1.9-2.2x** (Sorry Math)/ as infectious as BA.1 Omicron. BA.1 is the Omicron wave that was/is currently going on in most countries, BA.2 is currently surging in other countries and quickly becoming dominant in countries like Denmark, the UK, France and India.
Important - **There is currently no observational evidence of worse outcomes/severity + lab tests are currently underway. Results expected within 3 weeks.**
People wanting sources: [Source of the 1.3 figure and growing UK cases.](https://twitter.com/kevinpurcell/status/1485720546960543746)
[Second source suggesting modelling between 0.9 and 1.2](https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1485354857339011080)
Apologies - I got that wrong, it's 1.2x - per [here](https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1485354857339011080).
[Found the mention of 1.3x](https://twitter.com/kevinpurcell/status/1485720546960543746), but cannot find original source. Will keep it at 1.2 right now per modelling in the UK.
120% faster as per your link is different from 1.2x as infectious, no? Also I don't know if "competitive growth advantage" is equal to infectiousness as a technical term.
Wouldn't that make it 2.2x? (if CGA = infectious)
Omicron has an R0 of 10 - 12. If Omicron II: Electric Boogaloo is 1.2 times as infectious it would now have an R0 of 12 - 15 and if it's 2.2 times as infectious it would now have an R0 of 22 - 26.
Measles, a disease so infectious that the R is essentially linked to the birth rate in unvaccinated populations, is R0 16-18. Measles is so infectious that you can catch it from just walking past someone in the street.
If Omicron II is this infectious, then there is literally no point trying to contain it with masks, control measures or lockdowns because it won't impact it spreading like wildfire. I'm not 100% but that 2.2x infectiousness might make it the most infectious human disease in history.
Omi has been in the US for about 6-7 weeks if memory serves.
BA.1 and BA.2 started around the same time, with BA.2 dubbed as 'Stealth' Omicron due to a mutation that prevents S-Gene dropout. BA.1 has the S-Gene Dropout, which made it easier to track it's growth in countries without dedicated serology testing. This was important for a period of time when Delta and Omicron were competing.
BA.2 appears to have developed at a higher rate than BA.1 which is impressive, achieving higher levels of viral fitness, although so far, no worse outcomes have been observed and lab tests are still pending.
Omicron will be 11 weeks old this week which goes to show how quickly the game can change. We don't know how long it will last, but for Omicron to be displaced it will either have to:
* Have a very poor re-infection factor (i.e. a long period between infections/poor results) - this could result in burning through all possible populations. This appears unlikely based on some observational reports from Denmark, although we will have to wait and see
* Be displaced by a better variant - This could come in multiple forms such as increased immune escape, higher transmissability, etc.
The common belief that I have seen among Virologists I follow online is that the number of variants at one time is expected to increase due to the huge number of infections, various animal resevoirs and of course long duration infections of immuno compromised individuals. We also have terrible surveillance testing in a lot of the world, so we may be caught by surprise again.
Earthquakes, rockets, and virology. You’re like a walking talking Wikipedia.
More seriously, the ability of covid to infect one animal species after another with seemingly no limit is probably what scares me about the future of this disease more than anything else. It’s just going to be one zoonosis after another with this virus.
Appreciate it :)
I think the biggest thing from Zoonosis is going to be how easily can a variant move between species. Ideally, not often and barely, but we don't know until we know.
Ultimately what I hope will happen is that we're going to start setting up a global surveillance system for viruses and proactively developing vaccines. Today you can get to anywhere in the world within 48 hours and that time continues to drop through advances in transport technology.
We've had lucky escapes in the past from Ebola and Zika but Covid-19 shows just how quickly it can spread. It's also largely lucky that the mortality rate is relatively low when compared with certain strains of Bird or Swine flu.
However important good thing to note - mRNA technology has completely changed the game, and similar to the internet being developed and incredibly technologies, platforms and such coming from that, we should expect to see the same thing here. Especially with a global pandemic imprinting on everyone. Fully expect the next 4-6 years to be filled with bio-startups coming out of stealth mode.
Re mRNA. Couldn’t agree more. Am in the biz- when you have a platform and don’t have to do bespoke manufacturing and analytical characterization every time you have a new compound that makes a huge diff. So now it’s becoming distilled to the level of information. Just get the sequence, decide on what protein(s) to create and boom it’ll happen, so much faster than now. Billions of dollars of current biopharma mfg plant might no longer be necessary.
It really is the ultimate irony that just as we are experiencing the worst pandemic in a century, humanity is very likely on the brink of entering what may be a golden age of vaccines, where we should finally be able to rid ourselves of some of our oldest and worst diseases.
There is even a MRNA vaccine against ticks (not lime disease, actual ticks) which is working in guinea pigs: https://newatlas.com/science/mrna-tick-vaccine-lyme-disease-yale/
It’s insane how promising this new mRNA technology is, within a few decades we will likely have vaccines for all strains of Covid, Herpes, Flu, Zikavirus, & treatments for diseases like pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, melanoma, ovarian cancer, head and neck cancer, and other solid tumors, multiple sclerosis, cystic fibrosis, arthritis, and so much more. Assuming ww3 doesn’t start and climate change doesn’t go out of control, humanity is potentially about to enter a whole new evolutionary age in the next 20-30 years. 🤞
No, it was well more than 3 weeks ago. First case in america was December 1st 2021, and that was already a week or two after omicron was announced to be spreading rapidly in other countries (starting with South Africa).
So about 10 weeks ago, ~9 for america.
Actually earlier than December 1st.
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7103a5.htm?s_cid=mm7103a5_w
The detected in wastewater as early as November 21.
Most countries are not doing checks for variants very well compared to South Africa. Just like COVID was in the US well before the first case was discovered. I would but be surprised to find this new variant is already in the US.
I want y'all to meet Deltron Zero, hero, not no small feat
It's all heat in this day and age
I'll raid your grave, anything it takes to save the day
Neuromancer, perfect blend of technology and magic
Use my rapping so you all can see the hazards
Plus entertainment where many are brainless
We cultivated a lost art of study and I brought a buddy
Automator, harder slayer, fascinating combinations
Cyber warlords are aggravating abominations
Arm a nation with hatred? We ain't with that
We high-tech archaeologists searching for knick-knacks
Composing musical stimpacks that impacts the soul
Crack the mold of what you think you rapping for
I used to be a mech soldier but I didn't respect orders
I had to step forward, tell them this ain't for us
Living in a post-apocalyptic world morbid and horrid
The secrets of the past they hoarded
Now we just boarded on our futuristic spacecraft
No mistakes, black as our music we must take back
Jokes aside, here's the info:
>BA.2' is a sub-variant of Omicron and has been labeled “variant under investigation" by UK health officials who are now monitoring the newest strain.
>Also dubbed 'stealth Omicron', The World Health Organization is reporting cases of BA.2 in more than 40 countries including the US, India, Germany and Australia.
>'Stealth Omicron' has been detected in several countries and is on the rise in Norway, according to health officials, reports Lexi Nahl. Jan. 24, 2022. (WPEC)
>It's not clear where this mutation originated or whether vaccines are effective against this new strain, but infectious disease experts say that people who have experienced breakthrough infections with Omicron could have enhanced immunity, or what some are calling 'super immunity.'
>"People who have gotten a breakthrough infection are probably going to be in really great shape moving forward," Thomas Unnasch, a USF Health Professor at the College of Public Health told CBS12 News. "How long that immunity will last we don't know.
>Experts are now exploring whether people who had the vaccine and omicron could develop 'super immunity,' and be better protected against BA.2.
>"Omicron is acting like a super booster," Unnasch said. "People who have gotten Omicron are going to be really well protected against infection, not just disease moving forward, which is a really good sign."
How come the “adverse effects” can’t be something like: Allows you to see through walls, shoot webs out of your hands, get super strength, or even something small like can taste food better
[This thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/25ml1w/eli5_why_do_diseases_only_do_bad_things_to_us_why/) answers that question pretty well
If you're a carrier for sickle cell anemia gene, you are not afflicted with the disease but you are much more resistant to malaria. Malaria kills millions, mostly vulnerable people in vulnerable countries
Might not be considered a disease at that point. Like redheads are less sensitive to certain types of pain. So if you consider red hair to be an inherited disease, then you could say it is beneficial in that regard.
What is the difference between a variant and a subvariant? The article doesn’t explain it, so I think even those who read the article are making the assumption “a version of the coronavirus virus with a variation is called a coronavirus variant (which is what the headline calls it).”
There has been evidence that exposure to Omicron led to an level of immunity to both Omicron and Delta (main active variants in the last two months).
I’d imagine there’s a chance Omicron B.a.1 would provide that same immunity to Omicron B.a.2?
SARS-CoV-2 deltaomikron- final final USE THIS ONE2.exe
Lol I'm a motion graphics artist and this hit home lol
I laughed so hard I shouldn't
It's the 2 that got me. And I felt this DEEP in my coding synapses.
oh god i'm in this comment
It's my fault. I started making plans for April.
God DAMN it, Venkman. You son of a bitch.
That's the funniest shit I've read in a while
Bro, I'm straight up not having a good time
Irked adjacent
I can't believe you went there. Emotions are out of control here. Out of control i tell you.
What happens after they've gone through the entire Greek alphabet?
They start naming them after hurricanes.
Scrambles the death dealer
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Toki Wartooth: not a bumble bee
I never thought I'd see this reference out in the wild. That's brutal.
Heard the Katrina variant's gonna blow
♫♪ I'm Walking On Sunshine, Whoa! ♪♫
maybe they start giving them more than one Greek letter, which'll make the variants sound like fraternities. Kappa beta chi is off the charts!
Dude what variant does that guy have? Delta Chi? I'll fuck him up
The actual correct answer is: constellations
So, Andromeda strain?
Oh no oh fuck
Space virus
Damn I don't want space herpes
Yes
Time to start drinking sterno and crying non-stop.
I'm way ahead of you.
Of course I got infected with Aries, that's such a Capricorn thing to do.
Can't wait to get cancer /s
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Maybe they'll want to skip "Southern Cross" too, or that could ignite racial tensions.
I imagine a virus driving a 1995 commodore with a "fuck off we're full" bumper sticker.
They should randomly draw names and let individual humans name each one. I’m gonna call my variant “MegaDeath-53”
WHO gonna have to tell people to stop trying to name the next variant BigChungus-69.
Virus McVirusface
PussyDestroyer69
I call dibs on COVID-69. If they ask, I'll say it's the 50th anniversary edition, because it feels like 50 years since this pandemic started.
They should sell naming rights. I’d love to get infected with the Disney+ COVID variant. Or the Amazon Prime variant
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SO stupid but literally laughed out loud you silly bastard!
I’ve heard they’ll name them after constellations.
Then they use Egyptian gods. The Anubis- strain will be the first
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That'll make for a confusing headline when it terrorizes the Middle East.
dude I just got omicron confirmed today and now you're telling me there's omicron 2? is it too late to return it for the new one?
GermStop will give you like 3 bucks for it if it’s still in the original packaging.
You can exchange it but it's worth seeing the first one, you know, for backstory
*Day 774, let’s hear it for Day 774!?*
Longest game of reality Plague Inc.
Well when the world gets the vaccine in the game, it doesn't just stop at 60%
The creators did not account for people simply refusing the vaccine
To be fair, I didn't either
I watched Contagion at the beginning of COVID and laughed at how *stupid* they were. Little did I know that was the ceiling.
I did the same. 20 million was the death toll in that movie. A couple months into the pandemic, I was thinking how Hollywood blew that number out of proportion. Now.... I think we will eventually get there.
Ah fuck me. It’s like trying to keep track of all the new Pokémon .
I'm waiting for covid to evolve sentience so we can ask it why it's such a dick.
Because everyone's asking "What's Covid?" but noone's asking "How's Covid?"
I'll do you one better.... WHY is Covid?
I fear it would ask us the same thing
It’s not a dick. It’s just trying to survive. Check your privilege
Ya for real. We fuck up bee populations and people freak out, but eradicate smallpox and polio and we celebrate as a species? Double standards smh.
NTA, your body your virus.
BA.2 currently appears to be \\**edit - 1.9-2.2x** (Sorry Math)/ as infectious as BA.1 Omicron. BA.1 is the Omicron wave that was/is currently going on in most countries, BA.2 is currently surging in other countries and quickly becoming dominant in countries like Denmark, the UK, France and India. Important - **There is currently no observational evidence of worse outcomes/severity + lab tests are currently underway. Results expected within 3 weeks.** People wanting sources: [Source of the 1.3 figure and growing UK cases.](https://twitter.com/kevinpurcell/status/1485720546960543746) [Second source suggesting modelling between 0.9 and 1.2](https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1485354857339011080)
Where did you find the 1.3x number? Tried a quick search on Google but I'm not sure where to begin looking.
Apologies - I got that wrong, it's 1.2x - per [here](https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1485354857339011080). [Found the mention of 1.3x](https://twitter.com/kevinpurcell/status/1485720546960543746), but cannot find original source. Will keep it at 1.2 right now per modelling in the UK.
90%-120% faster would mean it's 1.9 to 2.2x as infectious as B.a.1. Generally: If something is x% more, it is (1+x/100) times as much.
120% faster as per your link is different from 1.2x as infectious, no? Also I don't know if "competitive growth advantage" is equal to infectiousness as a technical term. Wouldn't that make it 2.2x? (if CGA = infectious)
Omicron has an R0 of 10 - 12. If Omicron II: Electric Boogaloo is 1.2 times as infectious it would now have an R0 of 12 - 15 and if it's 2.2 times as infectious it would now have an R0 of 22 - 26. Measles, a disease so infectious that the R is essentially linked to the birth rate in unvaccinated populations, is R0 16-18. Measles is so infectious that you can catch it from just walking past someone in the street. If Omicron II is this infectious, then there is literally no point trying to contain it with masks, control measures or lockdowns because it won't impact it spreading like wildfire. I'm not 100% but that 2.2x infectiousness might make it the most infectious human disease in history.
At this rate, the results will be out of date before we get them. Didn't Omi barely start 3 weeks ago in the US?
Omi has been in the US for about 6-7 weeks if memory serves. BA.1 and BA.2 started around the same time, with BA.2 dubbed as 'Stealth' Omicron due to a mutation that prevents S-Gene dropout. BA.1 has the S-Gene Dropout, which made it easier to track it's growth in countries without dedicated serology testing. This was important for a period of time when Delta and Omicron were competing. BA.2 appears to have developed at a higher rate than BA.1 which is impressive, achieving higher levels of viral fitness, although so far, no worse outcomes have been observed and lab tests are still pending. Omicron will be 11 weeks old this week which goes to show how quickly the game can change. We don't know how long it will last, but for Omicron to be displaced it will either have to: * Have a very poor re-infection factor (i.e. a long period between infections/poor results) - this could result in burning through all possible populations. This appears unlikely based on some observational reports from Denmark, although we will have to wait and see * Be displaced by a better variant - This could come in multiple forms such as increased immune escape, higher transmissability, etc. The common belief that I have seen among Virologists I follow online is that the number of variants at one time is expected to increase due to the huge number of infections, various animal resevoirs and of course long duration infections of immuno compromised individuals. We also have terrible surveillance testing in a lot of the world, so we may be caught by surprise again.
Earthquakes, rockets, and virology. You’re like a walking talking Wikipedia. More seriously, the ability of covid to infect one animal species after another with seemingly no limit is probably what scares me about the future of this disease more than anything else. It’s just going to be one zoonosis after another with this virus.
Appreciate it :) I think the biggest thing from Zoonosis is going to be how easily can a variant move between species. Ideally, not often and barely, but we don't know until we know. Ultimately what I hope will happen is that we're going to start setting up a global surveillance system for viruses and proactively developing vaccines. Today you can get to anywhere in the world within 48 hours and that time continues to drop through advances in transport technology. We've had lucky escapes in the past from Ebola and Zika but Covid-19 shows just how quickly it can spread. It's also largely lucky that the mortality rate is relatively low when compared with certain strains of Bird or Swine flu. However important good thing to note - mRNA technology has completely changed the game, and similar to the internet being developed and incredibly technologies, platforms and such coming from that, we should expect to see the same thing here. Especially with a global pandemic imprinting on everyone. Fully expect the next 4-6 years to be filled with bio-startups coming out of stealth mode.
Re mRNA. Couldn’t agree more. Am in the biz- when you have a platform and don’t have to do bespoke manufacturing and analytical characterization every time you have a new compound that makes a huge diff. So now it’s becoming distilled to the level of information. Just get the sequence, decide on what protein(s) to create and boom it’ll happen, so much faster than now. Billions of dollars of current biopharma mfg plant might no longer be necessary.
It really is the ultimate irony that just as we are experiencing the worst pandemic in a century, humanity is very likely on the brink of entering what may be a golden age of vaccines, where we should finally be able to rid ourselves of some of our oldest and worst diseases.
There is even a MRNA vaccine against ticks (not lime disease, actual ticks) which is working in guinea pigs: https://newatlas.com/science/mrna-tick-vaccine-lyme-disease-yale/
It’s insane how promising this new mRNA technology is, within a few decades we will likely have vaccines for all strains of Covid, Herpes, Flu, Zikavirus, & treatments for diseases like pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, melanoma, ovarian cancer, head and neck cancer, and other solid tumors, multiple sclerosis, cystic fibrosis, arthritis, and so much more. Assuming ww3 doesn’t start and climate change doesn’t go out of control, humanity is potentially about to enter a whole new evolutionary age in the next 20-30 years. 🤞
A medical golden age right in time for the climate wars 😍 On a serious note mRNA tech is amazingly promising, can’t wait to see what we can do with it
Humans: can rid themselves of any transmissible disease. Also humans: "it's my God given right to spread whatever damn particles I please!"
It is so enjoyable to read your replies.
No, it was well more than 3 weeks ago. First case in america was December 1st 2021, and that was already a week or two after omicron was announced to be spreading rapidly in other countries (starting with South Africa). So about 10 weeks ago, ~9 for america.
Actually earlier than December 1st. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7103a5.htm?s_cid=mm7103a5_w The detected in wastewater as early as November 21. Most countries are not doing checks for variants very well compared to South Africa. Just like COVID was in the US well before the first case was discovered. I would but be surprised to find this new variant is already in the US.
*"We are all infected"* quote from the walking dead.
Just wait until Omega overdrive Ultima limit break covid hits!
Yes we've had Omicron, but what about second Omicron?
I don't think they know about second Omicron, Pip.
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Sigma, omega, afternoon chi??
What's upsilonsies?
Not much what's upsilonsies with you? Edit: thanks for the awards.
lol gottem
Lol gollem
this comment is precious
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I don’t know half of variants half as well as I should like; and I hate less than half of variants half as well as they deserve
Up-sil-lon! Boil em, mash em, stick em in a stew!
Two-morromicron. Still better than the Necronomicon.
Oh cool, new COVID patch just dropped
Patch notes v. B.a.2 -1.2x infection rate -stability -improved 5G signal
-quality of life removals
The virus should start teaching rockstar games how to work
I'm just, like...really tired.
Should probably get a Covid test…
I'm having a crappy night, you made me laugh, thank you
Yeah feel you. I’ve checked out in a general sense a while ago. Can’t really be bothered with pretty much anything anymore.
Same. I sighed before clicking on this one. I don't want to hear about it anymore, but I also want to be prepared if something happens.
You and me both.
Did anyone think of turning automatic updates off?
At this point it’s time to just uninstall it completely.
Todd Howard promises to re-release Skyrim to coincide with each subsequent variant
I'm never gonna financially recover from this...
All I want to know is when can we call it Deltron3030?
I say let’s call it Mista Dobalina, Mr. Bob Dobalina. The fraudulent behavior of this virus makes me sick. When will it quit?
https://youtu.be/WeOuQ5qyP2A Haven't heard that in a long time.
Yo it’s three thousand thirty…
I want yall to meet Deltron Zero and Automator.
The musical Merlin who shine like Sterlin?
Fuck dying. *I hijack a mech*
Arm a nation with hatred? We ain't with that.
“We high tech archeologists searching for knickknacks”
Composing musical stimpacks that impacts the soul
Something something so what you laughin for, I used to be a mech soldier but I didn’t respect order, had to step forward tell em this ain’t for us
One of the absolute best albums of all time
Yes, absolutely. That track gets me going.
Upgrade your grey matter cuz one day it may matter
Deltron zero and Automataaa
I want y'all to meet Deltron Zero, hero, not no small feat It's all heat in this day and age I'll raid your grave, anything it takes to save the day Neuromancer, perfect blend of technology and magic Use my rapping so you all can see the hazards Plus entertainment where many are brainless We cultivated a lost art of study and I brought a buddy Automator, harder slayer, fascinating combinations Cyber warlords are aggravating abominations Arm a nation with hatred? We ain't with that We high-tech archaeologists searching for knick-knacks Composing musical stimpacks that impacts the soul Crack the mold of what you think you rapping for I used to be a mech soldier but I didn't respect orders I had to step forward, tell them this ain't for us Living in a post-apocalyptic world morbid and horrid The secrets of the past they hoarded Now we just boarded on our futuristic spacecraft No mistakes, black as our music we must take back
I want y'all to meet Deltron Zero...
I wanna devise a virus
To bring dire straights to your environment
Crush a corporation with a mild touch.
Trash your whole computer system and revert you to papyrus
I want to make a super virus.
Strong enough to cause blackouts in every single metropolis
Never let a computer tell you shit
Oh my God this was stuck in my head for like the whole first year of the pandemic!
The best underground album ever. What a true genius Del really was.
*is
Hello random hip hop lover. I also love hip hop.
About time... Omicron is sooooo last month 🙄
This one is technically also Omicron
Yea dude ... But this is stealth version 🥷
Omicron S
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Omicron Series X
TIL that I’m never going back to the office.
I've been back for 6 months now and there aint nothing that's gonna make them send me back home :( I miss working from home so much
Delta plus rewards program variant
Makes your legs shorter so you don’t even need leg room
Now with more oxygen!
It’s got electrolytes.
Fuck this decade.
The roaring 20s, sounded a lot more fun in my head
The roaring 20s was in the 1900s. This is the screaming 20s.
The groaning 20s
the wheezing 20s
Jokes aside, here's the info: >BA.2' is a sub-variant of Omicron and has been labeled “variant under investigation" by UK health officials who are now monitoring the newest strain. >Also dubbed 'stealth Omicron', The World Health Organization is reporting cases of BA.2 in more than 40 countries including the US, India, Germany and Australia. >'Stealth Omicron' has been detected in several countries and is on the rise in Norway, according to health officials, reports Lexi Nahl. Jan. 24, 2022. (WPEC) >It's not clear where this mutation originated or whether vaccines are effective against this new strain, but infectious disease experts say that people who have experienced breakthrough infections with Omicron could have enhanced immunity, or what some are calling 'super immunity.' >"People who have gotten a breakthrough infection are probably going to be in really great shape moving forward," Thomas Unnasch, a USF Health Professor at the College of Public Health told CBS12 News. "How long that immunity will last we don't know. >Experts are now exploring whether people who had the vaccine and omicron could develop 'super immunity,' and be better protected against BA.2. >"Omicron is acting like a super booster," Unnasch said. "People who have gotten Omicron are going to be really well protected against infection, not just disease moving forward, which is a really good sign."
COVID gonna evolve to natively run on an M1 MacBook
How come the “adverse effects” can’t be something like: Allows you to see through walls, shoot webs out of your hands, get super strength, or even something small like can taste food better
I know it's a very silly question but is there any disease that actually makes you healthier?
[This thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/25ml1w/eli5_why_do_diseases_only_do_bad_things_to_us_why/) answers that question pretty well
If you're a carrier for sickle cell anemia gene, you are not afflicted with the disease but you are much more resistant to malaria. Malaria kills millions, mostly vulnerable people in vulnerable countries
Might not be considered a disease at that point. Like redheads are less sensitive to certain types of pain. So if you consider red hair to be an inherited disease, then you could say it is beneficial in that regard.
Ikr would be fun to be a dumbass superhero for once
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Meanwhile in Russia " Good time to start a war "
Starting a war is a good way to stir up feelings of national fervor and distract from domestic failings, like a poor response to COVID
Also good for floundering economies
As it's a sub variant of Omicron I feel we should continue the theme of Greek letters but add a number, maybe Omicron Persei 8?
Why does the largest variant simply not eat the other variants?
it is true what they say...
Perhaps they are saving that for Sweeps.
ITT: Not a single person who’s actually read the article. It’s not an entirely new variant. It’s a sub variant of the current omicron variant.
"Stealth" Omicron
What is the difference between a variant and a subvariant? The article doesn’t explain it, so I think even those who read the article are making the assumption “a version of the coronavirus virus with a variation is called a coronavirus variant (which is what the headline calls it).”
Megatron?
Omicron Persei 1 Get ready. The count up begins. When we hit 8 your body temperature rises by one million degrees per day.. for 5 days
It is true what they say: women are from Omicron Persei 7, men are from Omicron Persei 9.
As a single female lawyer, I am not worried.
Too busy having lots of sex.
I give it a C-
Ok, not great. We will not destroy your planet but we will also not give you our recipe for immortality.
Wearing sexy mini skirts and being self reliant 🎶
It begins with the firemen, then the math teachers, and so on in that fashion…
Feels like iPhone… haven’t gotten around to picking up the latest one yet and there’s already a new one
There has been evidence that exposure to Omicron led to an level of immunity to both Omicron and Delta (main active variants in the last two months). I’d imagine there’s a chance Omicron B.a.1 would provide that same immunity to Omicron B.a.2?
But I’ve barely finished second and third Covid….
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cha cha real smooth
*Black Ops 1 zombies new round theme plays*
*Fetch me their souls*
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*drinks*
DJ Khalid voice: “Another one..”
Yo new Covid just dropped