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Get ready for a MERS-SARS-CoV2 recombinant pandemic with a death rate of ~ 40%.
The world has gone mad. They may have unwittingly prepared the scenario for a MERS recombinant with SARS-CoV2. MERS (Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome) has a Case Fatality rate (CFR)/ Death Rate of around 40%, but is not highly transmissible between humans, definitely not like the SARS-CoV2 coronavirus. MERS is a zoonotic virus that is usually…
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Covid numbers in Australia could be 7 times the official count, OR.
We all know that the omicron variants are relatively weaker than the other coronavirus SARS-CoV2 variants, like Delta, Gamma, Alpha and Wuhan. Results from South Africa suggested variant BA.5 was weaker than BA.1 and BA.2. I was puzzled to see the death number go up in Australia. I was also surprised the case fatality rate…
Dr George Christos
covid19 & other Infectious diseases