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A new RECOMBINANT variant XBC.* has formed in the Philippines
Recombinant variants are are not formed by mutations but when two strains/variants combine/crossover inside the same cell, which transferases part of the mRNA of one variant and that of another and combines them. This can only happen of a person is simultaneously infected with 2 variants at the same time. So far not too much…
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Australia has BA.2.3. Looks ominous.
Omicron subvarinat B.A.2.3 is growing in Australia. It looks ominous as the Philippines Hong Kong and South Korea recently had high CFRs and BA.2.3. CFR=Case Fatality Rate = Death Rate
Dr George Christos
covid19 & other Infectious diseases