New Variant Identified In Europe

[applegrove]

New Variant Identified In Europe

November 15, 2021 at 7:23 am EST By Taegan Goddard 79 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/11/15/new-variant-identified-in-europe/

"SNIP......

“A new Covid variant identified in a handful of European countries is raising concerns among some health professionals because there are changes to the coronavirus spike protein that have never been seen before,” the Jerusalem Post reports.

.....SNIP"

[rockfordfile]

1. The un-vaccinated causes this.

Get a booster shot.

[Bettie]

3. Getting mine tomorrow

I'm so ready for this to be over, but with the unvaccinated at the level they are, it never will be.

[Celerity]

4. Yes, but B.1.640 looks to have originated in Africa, a continent with a horrific vax rate for

different reasons than the vaxxer v anti-vaxxer political paradigm wars of the advanced nations.

[JCMach1]

7. Not precisely, Kenya (the example I know) has been flooded

With antivax disinformation

[wnylib]

8. But the unvaxxed in other nations will cause

it to stay active and spread.

[Celerity]

9. of course

[ananda]

10. This issue is low vax rates in Africa and other countries and..

highlights the serious, urgent need for world vaccination.

The fear is that one of these days a variant more dangerous
than Delta will take over.

[Celerity]

13. I have brought that up in the past many times, and even have been attacked by some

[Hortensis]

2. As of Nov. 12 it was being monitored among other variants but not

on the lists of variants of concern or variants of interest, shown here. B.1.640's at the bottom of the third list. Let's hope it's still there and stays there.

https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/covid-19/variants-concern

[liberalla]

6. That's a very useful website and info. Thanks for that link.

[DanieRains]

5. Spending trillions on armaments worldwide makes more sense

While the planet cooks

[Evolve Dammit]

12. you need the dripping sarcasm emoji...

[wnylib]

11. Not surprised. I suspected this when

reports came out of Europe about spiking cases. The media reported the cold weather and being indoors as the cause of rising cases in Europe. My first thought, however, was "Uh-oh. New variant."

[Orange Buffoon]

14. The logistics of distributing vaccines to developing nations

are difficult. Therefore, hand in hand with this ongoing effort should be ramped-up delivery of N95 masks by the millions. A snug-fitting N95 mask will protect the wearer in most circumstances.