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Omicron BA.1, BA.2,BA.4, BA.5, BA.12, then omicron recombinants deltacron, Omicron XA, XB, XC, XD, XE, … , XW, XX, XY, XZ, XAA, XAB, … , etc., BC.1, BC.2, BD.1, BD.1.1, etc.
Most people would have heard of “deltracron’, a recombinant variant made from the omicron and delta variants. I do not know if deltracron has survived. Most people would also have heard of the recombinant Omicron XE, which is a recombinant of Omicron BA.1 and BA.2. The status of Omicron XE is also unknown. Why are…
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You are more likely to get re-infected with omicron if you have had covid and/or are vaccinated and reinfection effects are cumulative.
The first part of video is good info about omicron symptoms. I do not agree with get booster, that she throws in in the middle, because as I wrote yesterday the vaccine is more likely to land you in hospital than covid. Interestingly Omicron replicates inside the human body 70 times faster than previous variants.…
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What is the difference between Taiwan, Portugal and Australia
Taiwan is fighting with the deadlier variant BA.2.2 that swept Hong Kong and got into China. Hence more deaths. Portugal is dealing with the more virulent BA.5.1, which is only just starting to grow in Europe and Australia. Holding it’s own against BA.5. Australia is play pretend there is no covid. #letitrip Below, you can…
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Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 are making their move in Australia
The next wave of BA.4 and BA.5 variants of Omicron or B.2* are now making their move in Australia. Their prevalence may be close to 20% right now. 3% over the last 60 days but growing fast. NSW seems to be leading the charge. Hopefully this wave is milder still but there is still a…
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China is only just clinging onto zerocovid
There is growing concern that there may be an explosive outbreak of covid19 in China. This follows a new outbreak in Beijing from a single bar. A spokesperson for the city’s government said a recent outbreak “The recent outbreak … is strongly explosive in nature and widespread in scope“ Meanwhile Shanghai went into a snap…
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BA.4 and BA.5 variants target young children
This is big. Thx Clare Karacsonyi for sharing to me. It seems like the variants BA.4 and BA.5 which are only just starting in Australia (in NSW and WA last I looked) are affecting children more than any other variant. The number of children admitted to hospital under 9 years of age has overtaken the…
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Omicron XE causing new surge in Covid in Malta
Yes, Omicron XE is still active. Omicron XE is a recombinant of the variants BA.1 and BA.2. BA.2 is very different to BA.1 and virologists are just starting to relabel BA.2 variants in a class of their own. The BA.2 variants should have been given a new Greek letter by the WHO. Recombinant variants are…
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BA.4 and BA.5 detected in NSW and WA
As the title says BA.4 and BA.5 detected in NSW and WA. I have not seen any recorded cases of BA.4 and BA.5 in Queensland, Victoria, SA or Tasmania as yet. BA.4 and BA.5 will be our next covid wave, once the BA.2.* waves have finished, BA.2.12.1 and BA.2.10.1 look to have some more time…
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Good News at Last. The Covid pandemic could end after BA.4 and BA.5 waves
BA.4 and BA.5 are now known to be even weaker than BA.1 and BA.2, or maybe we have just killed all the vulnerable people already. This is data from South Africa. The only reason I could come up with as to why they let covid rip in Australia was that ‘they’ thought if most people…
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Australians are dumb, SARS-CoV2 was made in a lab as a bioweapon.
I am not too happy Australia has just let covid rip like it is a common cold/flu, because it is not. It was made in a lab and as a bioweapon. That is well established now. Immunity to one variants does not give immunity to other variants. We will suffer the implications later as new…
Dr George Christos
covid19 & other Infectious diseases