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Crazy COVID

Posted by Daniel H on December 21, 2020, 12:47 am

Hard to believe the headlines about this new strain of COVID. Nothing about Mexico yet but with the air travel that is going on it won't be long. 2020 is going out with a bang, welcome 2020 part 2.

Chile, Canada join growing list of nations banning travel to UK

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/21/chile-canada-join-growing-list-of-nations-banning-travel-to-uk

U.K.’s Hancock Says New Covid Mutation Is ‘Out of Control’

https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/kgu9ss/uks_hancock_says_new_covid_mutation_is_out_of/

Canada suspends flights from the United Kingdom for 72 hours

https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/kh7t1r/canada_suspends_flights_from_the_united_kingdom/

New COVID-19 strain: Saudi Arabia suspends international flights, closes land and sea ports

https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/kh2ujh/new_covid19_strain_saudi_arabia_suspends/

Several countries ban travel to the U.K. due to new coronavirus strain

https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/kh3zxs/several_countries_ban_travel_to_the_uk_due_to_new/

Turkey bans flights from UK, Denmark, Netherlands and S.Africa amid new virus strain

https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/kh65uu/turkey_bans_flights_from_uk_denmark_netherlands/

Ireland joins Italy, Germany and Netherlands in cancelling UK flights amid rising concern over mutant Covid-19 strain

https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/kh0y1b/ireland_joins_italy_germany_and_netherlands_in/

Germany bans flights from UK and South Africa "in light of the reports over a mutation of the virus"

https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/kgyjzt/germany_bans_flights_from_uk_and_south_africa_in/

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Re: Crazy COVID

Posted by M Morgan on December 21, 2020, 8:38 am, in reply to "Crazy COVID"

No surprise here. Several months ago 5 covid mutant strains had already been reported in Northern California.

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Re: Crazy COVID

Posted by Daniel H on December 21, 2020, 8:59 am, in reply to "Re: Crazy COVID"

Got a link for that Monty?

What has me pondering is that the transmission is the same as the regular COVID, so why the change in policy? Is there something about existing precautions that are inadequate? Seems so.

Check out this article on Kauai, its quite revealing on a couple of items like pre testing and travel.

Mostly virus-free Kauai hit by pandemic after travel resumes

https://apnews.com/article/travel-pandemics-ron-clark-hawaii-coronavirus-pandemic-6f8652fed959bc13bfb8f07741e38524

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Re: Crazy COVID

Posted by Monte M on December 21, 2020, 11:15 am, in reply to "Re: Crazy COVID"

Do not have a link. That popped up in the news almost as an aside maybe five or six months ago. I did not save the link but did think it was important enough to pay attention to. Also it seemed like a no-brainer that of course the virus would mutate. I do on a regular basis.

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Re: Crazy COVID

Posted by Daniel H on December 21, 2020, 11:38 am, in reply to "Re: Crazy COVID"

Without a link its impossible to critique the source or the California mutation.

I have done zero reading on this new mutation (#### it) but judging by the response there must be a significant difference to the mutation you mentioned.

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Re: Crazy COVID

Posted by M Morgan on December 21, 2020, 12:21 pm, in reply to "Re: Crazy COVID"

Because it was so long ago and I cannot put my finger on where I saw it I cannot be more exact. However, from DuckDuckgo there is another article from about the same time that talks about the virus mutation.

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/07/pandemic-virus-slowly-mutating-it-getting-more-dangerous

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Re: Crazy COVID

Posted by Daniel H on December 21, 2020, 2:11 pm, in reply to "Re: Crazy COVID"

So the new question to ask someone who test positive is "so what variant do you have?". Its all about status you know

Top comment on the link below

There are two new varients. One that was found in Britain and the other in South Africa.

Variant B.1.1.7 in Britain has 23 mutations—but acquired suddenly 17 mutations “all at once”—which experts say is a feat never seen before.

Some opinion is that the more worrisome is the South Africa strain, 501.V2 variant.

—seems to spread faster

—higher viral load

—possibly more severe among young adults

—2 of 3 mutations in 501.V2 reduce virus sensitivity to some antibodies

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Israel's Netanyahu Warns of 'New Pandemic' Spreading With Unknown Virus, Closes Borders (link to article at top)

https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/khkvww/israels_netanyahu_warns_of_new_pandemic_spreading/

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Re: Crazy COVID

Posted by Daniel H on December 21, 2020, 7:42 pm, in reply to "Re: Crazy COVID"

Just to round this out, here are a couple links from the country with the worst response to COVID in the world. One option when you are failing miserably is to double down.

Fauci warns against 'overreacting' to new strain, advises against banning UK flights

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/531146-fauci-warns-against-overreacting-to-new-strain-advises-against-banning-uk

Warp Speed official: 'No hard evidence' new coronavirus strain is more transmissible

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/531161-warp-speed-official-no-hard-evidence-new-coronavirus-strain-is-more

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Re: Crazy COVID

Posted by Beccistarr on December 21, 2020, 9:57 pm, in reply to "Re: Crazy COVID"

Perhaps you need to do on line dating instead of reddit

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Re: Crazy COVID

Posted by Daniel H on December 22, 2020, 2:00 am, in reply to "Re: Crazy COVID"
Edited by board administrator December 22, 2020, 3:24 am

Reddit and I met online in 2005 and have been happily married for 14 years now.

https://old.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/i167ep/the_problem_with_reddit_viva_la_dirt_league/

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