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Herd immunity Sweden being hard hit by yet another surge: Swedes calls to medical hotline unanswered by the operator due to 'too many callers' and being hung up on:
Drs are warning of the new surge likely driven by the #XBB116 #sars3 #ArcturusCovid strain
Drs are warning of the new surge likely driven by the #XBB116 #sars3 #ArcturusCovid strain
Swedes are reporting that their non-emergency medical helpline: 1177 is refusing to take calls: with callers having the phone put down on them after the call not being answered:
1177.se
1177.se
A Swedish citizen says that when you call the number:
'A voice says something like "too many people are calling now" and then hangs up'
They report after calling the hotline to get medical advice due to a family accident and needing to asses whether they needed medical...
'A voice says something like "too many people are calling now" and then hangs up'
They report after calling the hotline to get medical advice due to a family accident and needing to asses whether they needed medical...
Singer Lizzo struck down by virus after performing a few days ago at the Met gala and now has to cancel shows: her account has been put on lockdown since going public about her illness after super spreader show:
#xbb116 #sars3 #Arcturus #Covid19
h/t @anordinarygirl
#xbb116 #sars3 #Arcturus #Covid19
h/t @anordinarygirl
Looks like she was the victim of a GBD pile on to me: welcome to our world Lizzo:
China has brought back testing centers as well: all around Asia (ie those closest to India, the home of #XBB116 #SARS3 #Arcturus #COVID19 we see increasing signs to control the virus: they are only a few weeks ahead of us in terms of spreads and are currently being hammered
I get serious Jan 2020 vibes from all this:
Despite the fact we see so many countries taking some form of action in Asia, with the Indian PM himself decalring that 'covid is far from over' months ago now and announcing a 5 point strategy to tackle the new strain: I see nothing in the west at all
#xbb116 #ARCTURUSCOVID #sars3 : really starting to kick off again now and hearing about loads of people coming down with it: is starting to spread in schools again:
#WearAMaskSaveYourSelf
#WearAMaskSaveYourSelf
horrorLots of horrible stories coming in: one family of four: 88-year-old gran come down with stroke a few weeks ago after a birthday party for her grandson: the first symptom was stroke: fever 40: AT AGE 88
New Study by leading virus experts at Sato Lab shows why #XBB116 #SARS3 #ARCTURUSCOVID is such a beast:
-extreme growth advantage over similar strains
-'profound immune evasion'
-unusual mutations in spike
-high affinity to bind to receptors
-extreme growth advantage over similar strains
-'profound immune evasion'
-unusual mutations in spike
-high affinity to bind to receptors
The researchers examined the XBB116 strain to see why it had become dominant so quickly in India:
They found that the strain has a number of advantages for viral fitness and infectivity relative to current competing similar strains in the XBB family (SARS3 STRAINS)
They found that the strain has a number of advantages for viral fitness and infectivity relative to current competing similar strains in the XBB family (SARS3 STRAINS)
As we have previously LONG AGO established the new strains are so diverse from the original Sars2 that they are basically a new Sars: they are as different from Sars2 as Sars1 is from Sars2:
'Wear a mask—save yourself!' Covid expert Prof. Dr.
Prof. Dr. Sanjeev Bagai warned during a recent interview about the current #xbb116 #ArcturusCovid #SARS3 & about 'new kinds of mutations' seen in new strains that are spawning rapidly such as XB2.3 and rising deaths twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Prof. Dr. Sanjeev Bagai warned during a recent interview about the current #xbb116 #ArcturusCovid #SARS3 & about 'new kinds of mutations' seen in new strains that are spawning rapidly such as XB2.3 and rising deaths twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
'My advice to everyone is please wear a simple mask
well fitting n95 mask don't use it as a fashion statement wear it to protect yourself even a mild infection asymptomatic infection of XBB can cause
long-term organ damage and immune dysfunction lasting up to eight months..
well fitting n95 mask don't use it as a fashion statement wear it to protect yourself even a mild infection asymptomatic infection of XBB can cause
long-term organ damage and immune dysfunction lasting up to eight months..
...there is no point in taking a risk—wear a mask—save yourself! The Dr said on Indian news station, Times of India, about the current surge.
Further, he warned about the rapid mutating XBB116 which he says is already spawning out yet more mutated strains at a rapid pace:
Further, he warned about the rapid mutating XBB116 which he says is already spawning out yet more mutated strains at a rapid pace:
New India #XBB116 #SARS3 #ARCTURUSCOVID strain INDIA STUDY SHOWS The death ratio by age group: 1 in 4 deaths are in under 40s according to the study:
12.5 % are in kids under 9:
medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
12.5 % are in kids under 9:
medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
for those who don't know how science works you take a representative sample for these kinds of workings out: from that it can be used to estimate a population level effect. So don't ask me why there's only 8 deaths on that chart — that's why: it's the proportion and distribution… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
#SARS3 #Covid #XBB116 #Arcturus is currently at just under 2% of cases based on sampling, so we're really at the start of this thing in the UK:
Breaking the UK up by nation we see the areas are all roughly the same prevalence: with Wales having the least
However, perhaps somewhat unexpectedly according to the data, US is well ahead of the UK, WITH A 5X increase in prevelence of nearly 10% of cases currently: that's very strange and somehwat makes me very much question the UK's data on this
The usual nonsense is being wheeled about the new Indian #xbb116 #sars3 #ArcturusCovid strain being 'no more severe' than any other strain: our time machine here shows us that's exactly what they said about Delta as well, while bodies piled high In India:
B.1.617 is Delta… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
B.1.617 is Delta… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
In May 2021 as Delta spread widely through India causing 3 million plus deaths (most of which went completely unrecorded by official records) the public was being told there was no evidence of the strain being more severe: scmp.com/news/asia/sout…
Delta variant was first discovered in October 2020: many months before it turned into the global beast it would become:
NEW Study from the hard-hit Maharashtra area of India shows BRUTAL: #SARS3 #Covid #XBB116 #Arcturus strain has a fatality rate of 1 in 40 with a staggering 1 in 3 needing oxygen, and nearly 30% being hospitalised with the new strain:
Finally we have something resembling some form of actual data from India about this strain: and it's not pretty:
'Among the XBB.1.16* cases, 91.7% were vaccinated with at least one dose of vaccine against COVID-19. While 74.3% of XBB.1.16* ...
'Among the XBB.1.16* cases, 91.7% were vaccinated with at least one dose of vaccine against COVID-19. While 74.3% of XBB.1.16* ...
..cases were home-isolated; 25.7% needed hospitalization/institutional quarantine, of these, 33.8% needed oxygen therapy. Out of 276 XBB.1.16* cases, seven (2.5%) cases succumbed to the disease.'
medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
WATCH: explained here is how the new breakthrough PL-M drug works against any strain of the virus and that means it's going to work on the new #SARS3 #arcturus #xbb116 India strain that is frankly shaping up to be BRUTAL:
Galectin inhibitors are a brand new type of antiviral: they work by attaching to the galectin fold of the virus: a part of the virus which will not mutate unlike the spike, which is endlessly mutating, and the target of the vaccines:
I'm not aware of the OP's location, but I think it's the UK: in order to get paramedics out in the UK you basically have to be dead so she ain't kidding — it's severe
As the new Indian #SARS3 #Arcturus #XBB116 strain takes off across the world, more and more are reporting horrific Covid eyes:
Studies show that Covid eyes contain infectious virus capable of infecting others: the eyes, do indeed, have it: twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Studies show that Covid eyes contain infectious virus capable of infecting others: the eyes, do indeed, have it: twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
'We found that ocular fluids from SARS-CoV-2–infected patients may contain infectious virus, and hence may be a potential source of infection'
acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M2…
acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M2…
Interestingly, the CT value of the infected shows a lower (and therefore more infectious) value on day 13 than from the nose itself:
Further, on day 27 after seeming to go up and become less infectious,they then go back down implying they are more infectious..
Further, on day 27 after seeming to go up and become less infectious,they then go back down implying they are more infectious..
WARNING ABOUT #XBB116 #SARS3 #Arcturus COVID EYES FROM TIKTOKER WHO ENDED UP HAVING 'bleeding eyes' which Drs had to 'rip out of my face' after 'mild' cold-like symptoms to begin with...
h/t @AprilDalaman twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
h/t @AprilDalaman twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
His horrific story is explained here: it all started with a 'severe cold' 3 weeks ago: which apparently resolved after a week...however, virus had already spread to the eyes and infected them:
It just got worse and worse and to the point where his eyes were swollen shut as the virus continued to replicate in the eyes: which contain high levels of ACE2 receptors that the virus uses to attach and replicate in:
We have to prevent onward transmission of sars2/sars3, and other airborne pathogens.
Precautionary principles must prevail.
Otherwise, we are infecting/reinfecting the population with a biohazard level-3, and allowing the resurgence of terrible diseases.
Precautionary principles must prevail.
Otherwise, we are infecting/reinfecting the population with a biohazard level-3, and allowing the resurgence of terrible diseases.
If society goes on crazy-happy sharing pathogens like it's a funny game, the 19th century will look a health paradise compared to what we are going to face.
Sars3 is an immune-depleting and systemic-damaging virus. And the threat of other terrible pathogens is looming large.
Sars3 is an immune-depleting and systemic-damaging virus. And the threat of other terrible pathogens is looming large.
We are debilitating the herd opening the gates to all sorts of pathogens. Behind the smiles and the syndemic silence you can hear the tick-tock of a thermonuclear ticking time bomb.
I got zero feedback when claiming that #SARS2 is effective climate policy - obvious to anyone who looked in early 2020 but undeniable since Omicron (#SARS3). Here BOE confirms it. Transmission must be stopped (#ZeroCovid).
Read @DonEford’s LongCovid article if you don’t see why.
Read @DonEford’s LongCovid article if you don’t see why.
China shows #zerocovid works. This was always clear for #SARS2 - the West has failed catastrophically in allowing uncontrolled spread & evolution. Since Omicron (#SARS3) we have no choice. “Let it rip” will end society. China scholars, where is your voice?
Where is everyone’s critical voice? Who is organizing meaningful policy advice? h/t China and global governance scholars - @AMFChina @thorstenbenner etc.
Rates of learning are far too slow. Our time to act is running out - not only on climate change policy.
Rates of learning are far too slow. Our time to act is running out - not only on climate change policy.
