Dr George Christos

covid19 & other Infectious diseases

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  • New Omicron variants of concern are exploding in number. Next wave will be BA.2.75.

    New Omicron variants of concern are exploding in number. Next wave will be BA.2.75.

    Some time ago I questioned why BA.2 and all subvariants like BA.2.* (* being wild card) where even listed under Omicron as they were vastly different to the BA.1.* subvariants. BA.3 was a lot like BA.1 but has since vanished because it was less contagious. Anyhow people have now separated all the BA.2 subvariants in…

  • Omicron now has 73 subvariants

    Omicron B.1.1.529, now has 73 subvariants. These variants are being generated in the huge “virus pools” of vaccinated people as I have repeatedly noted since July 2021. The Delta variant generated 245 sublineages. The problem is that vaccines do not stop infection and transmission of the coronavirus. Currently vaccines have an efficacy of about 30-40%…