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New covid wave coming on in Australia
The “Kraken” variant XBB.1.5 has finally started to dominate over the other subvariants of covid in Australia. This includes Australia’s own XBF (which is still persisting and may return with XBF.2, XBF.5 and XBF.6, XBF.7, etc. ). So far case numbers are on the rise in NSW and Victoria, Australia’s most prolific link to the…
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Recombinant variants XBF & XBC.1 growing fast in (Western) Australia. Where is XBB.1.5?
A few days ago the Victorian CHO Dr Brett Sutton said XBF had a prevalence of about 29% in Australia. (R1) (R2) Since then I have watched it grow in Western Australia and the data set I have is a good week or 2 behind what the CHO has. XBC.1 is a bigger concern to…
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Reinfections with Covid, and Recombinants.
In 2021 there were a few documented cases of reinfection with covid, but the rate of reinfection has now confirmed it to be quite common. This means that there is no natural immunity. Even if a person was to develop natural immunity to one variant, they can get re-infected with another variant. There are currently…
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Australia is not #postcovid or post-pandemic. It is still in an #activecovid phase in a rolling never-ending pandemic
I find it so annoying when the media is playing the new agenda card for the government that Australia is in the #postcovid period. Australia is #activecovid. Over the last few weeks Australia has reported about 90,000 new cases a week. Allowing for people who have no symptoms, people who do not get tested, I…
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China holds onto #zerocovid. What are the implications of losing control of covid in China; immediate and long term?
China is determined to stay #zerocovid as protests across the country in modern China continue. Protestors have even found ways to escape digital detection. The covid protests are certainly a little politically motivated and are being pushed by young people who want freedoms, are also using a blank piece of paper ( as well as…
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New multiple Covid variant waves hit Australia
A few variants are currently active in Australia. BA.5.2, BA.5.2.1 and BA.4.6 have been active for a few months, but they are joined by the variants BA.2.75.2, BQ.1, BQ.1.1, BF.7 and XBB.1. The latter are all considered variants of concern in their own right, like omicron. delta and alpha. The WHO just got lazy giving…
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Australian Government Authorities announce that the pandemic is back. Huh?
About 2 weeks after I noted that the XBB variant is coming and that it is a recombinant variant, the Australian government authorities have started making announcements about a potential new wave of covid due to the XBB recombinant variant. It is interesting that they say it is our fourth wave whereas it is our…
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XBB is a recombinant variant
XBB is a recombinant variant, which means it was not derived from a mutation but from the crossover of 2 Omicron subvariants BA.2.75 and BA.2.10.1. Experts are saying they are not concerned about XBB but that is just guessing as there are changes in the SARS-CoV-2 virus that are not just limited to the spike-protein,…
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Covid19 results in synaptic pruning. New variants evermore immune-evading.
The biggest news for me is clearer signs of brain damage, at this stage mainly concerning the connections between neurons. We are now thinking that “brain fog” which has been associated with #longcovid may also be a result of synaptic loss. https://theconversation.com/long-covid-how-lost-connections-between-nerve-cells-in-the-brain-may-explain-cognitive-symptoms-192702?s=07&fbclid=IwAR045Sc6jarXfaZ0wi9mvRSRtx6NgZWSYMFZnzxiwwz67AdwNnhPIdt9QEw The other big news is that the variants are still evolving and mutating.…
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Omicron subvariants continue to evolve but where is this going?
Omicron subvariants have been mapped out before they are even detected. See diagram in blog below. BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 are starting to get a mention now. Read this. https://www.salon.com/2022/10/04/bq1-xbb-variants-resistant/?s=07&fbclid=IwAR0JUeHrfN0P5pqY6NePV_9ejQl6DFGDPI_4md2O8naBTcJX7DPF4xkU4p0 I have also observed that BA.4 may have given in to BA.5, which got to be named a variant of concern in it’s own right, but…
Dr George Christos
covid19 & other Infectious diseases