Theres no new information in this article but it’s interesting for a couple of reasons
First, in regard to omicron it admits the sub variants “are genetically different enough that they could have had their own Greek names. But for some reason, this did not happen, and the World Health Organization designated them as subvariants of Omicron.”
It’s essential to keep the brand name “Omicron” because that was sold to the public as being less dangerous (now known to be false) and suitable for herd immunity (it’s not - it’s exceptionally good at re-infection), so any newly named variant would destroy the illusion that Covid is ‘over’.
Second, the article points out the Wuhan strain had an R0 of 3.3, whereas the latest Omicron variant has an R0 of 18.6, ie it’s the most contagious virus ever along with measles.
Third, not only is the latest Omicron strain a ‘master at evading immunity’, “a Japanese research group found that in lab-based, cell-culture experiments, BA.4/5 was able to replicate more efficiently in the lungs than BA.2. In hamster experiments, it developed into more serious illness.”.
The article ends by noting that new Omicron specific vaccines are on the way (in trials). But given the number of anti-vaxxers and the fact that the ip will be locked up, Omnicron will surely evolve away from these and the vaccines will fail in the same way that the original ones did.
Its unusual to see an msm source be so blunt with the facts. I wonder how long society can continue amidst ever increasing death and long term damage while the fiction that ‘Covid is over’ competes with the fiction that it was always just like the flu. There must be some kind of tipping point…
What's the likelihood of the new variant spreading among congress and the senate and outright disabling a good chunk of the political machine?
There's a decent likelihood it could disable a good chunk of them.
Now for the bad news
Diane Feinstein is running for re-election.
Diane Feinstein. The profoundly disabled geriatric woman who does not know where she is.
These politicians are not people, they are flesh avatars of individual political machines.
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At this point we are getting closer and closer to Futurama heads in jars except they are just hand puppets for a random corporation for a days worth of pay to the interns wheeling them about.
It already fucked up Tim Kaine I'm pretty sure. Part of me thinks that half of Congress could drop dead from COVID and they would still pretend that living with COVID is sustainable.
Zeroish