Members of the Department of Microbiology research team at the University of Hong Kong pose with a projector image showing immunofluorescence staining of Omicron. Photo: Kin Cheung/AP/Shutterstock When virologist Jeremy Kamil got a look at the Omicron sequence posted to GISAID — an open-source website and global nonprofit that helps scientists share genome sequencing — shortly after the new variant was identified last week, it shocked him.
I do think there are reasons to be optimistic. Some people are saying, “Hey, we’re back at square one.” That’s not really true. We have mRNA-vaccine platforms. We know that masking works. If you go back to March 2020, there was so much unknown. We were locking down playgrounds. We’re not back there. I think it’s just a sobering moment in which we have to remind ourselves that we’ve never moved through a pandemic of a coronavirus before. There’s nothing certain in human history about this.
I saw someone tweeted that. I even quote-tweeted it and said something snarky like, “Huge, if true,” but then I took it down because people didn’t realize I wasn’t being serious. It’s way too early to know. These cases, when they emerged in South Africa, they may have been people who had already survived a Beta infection, for instance. Or they may be younger. You don’t know from such small numbers. It would be great if it happens to be true that symptoms are mild.
As we continue to make our way through a coronavirus pandemic, what kind of progress has been made, in terms of systems and processes, to identify variants?
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NPR Cookie Consent and ChoicesMost infectious yet perhaps even probably but if it does not cause serious illness (because of multiple mutations) can’t that help boost immunity in more ppl especially with vaccination? In other words becoming infected not equal to being ill for otherwise healthy ppl.
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NPR Cookie Consent and Choices& let’s add masks 😷 - does not completely stop spread - asks ppl to sacrifice for greater good - makes ppl resentful, feel isolated, depressed - has economic impact Condemned (but putting in place travel restrictions,while still allowing US citizens not to test is crazy )
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NPR Cookie Consent and ChoicesNice Guaranteed it's also already in the US and may be contributing to the current surge as seen in states like Michigan. The Netherlands owes South Africa an enormous apology!
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