We’ve all heard stories of healthcare workers who worked for months on COVID-19 wards and never caught it. Researchers are trying to figure out natural immunity. For now, it looks like vaccination will be vital as we learn to live…
Evidence omicron is generating natural immunity. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/covid-19-variants-identified-in-the-uk-latest-updates https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1093275/covid-technical-briefing-44-22-july-2022.pdf Sequenced, 10 July 2022 to 17 July 2022 BA.2 3.4% (0.6% to 8.6%) BA.4 17.2% (12.8%) BA.5 78.7% (77.9%) Others 0.7% Newly designated variant, BA.2.75 Identified as part of horizon scanning on…
BA.2.75 aka Centaurus is spreading quickly, mostly in India right now, but has been found in at least 10 other countries, including the US. Right now, the most dominant strain is BA.5. But lets rewind a little bit to understand…
BA.4 and BA.5 causes more severe disease? Does it depend on natural immunity versus vaccine immunity, versus hybrid immunity? Meet BA.5, Omicron’s Extremely Contagious Subvariant The omicron variant of COVID-19 keeps changing, creating newer, more contagious variants. BA.5 seems to…
New research shows the latest highly-transmissible COVID-19 omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 may be shortening the window of immunity post-infection. https://abc7ne.ws/3RviE1x #omicron #omicronvariant #covid #coronavirus
Dr. Anthony Fauci tells CNN’s John Berman he is concerned about the new Covid variant BA.5 and says it’s time to mask up indoors as the variant increases the likelihood of reinfection for people that have already been infected with…
