New covid strain - being developed - 80% death rate..

[ThisIsMe]

MSN

Why.........WHY???............

 

[Confederate Soldier]

That's interesting. Would be a shame... if someone... Let it out.

 

[Gabe Lackmann]

Because we are led by psychopaths.

 

[ThisIsMe]

Well, they are saying its less deadly...but it has 5 times more viral material than the omicron strain.

But then they also go on to say:

In...mice, while Omicron causes mild, non-fatal infection, the Omicron S-carrying virus inflicts severe disease with a mortality rate of 80 percent

 

[Lakhota]

MSN

Why.........WHY???............

"According to Fox News"...

 

[gipper]

MSN

Why.........WHY???............

Bill Gates wants to eliminate several billion.

 

[Jim H - VA USA]

MSN

Why.........WHY???............

I follow COVID issues very closely, as I don't want my freedoms abridged over another flu.

I would like to point out that the death rate you mention is for mice, and the original strain of COVID (Alpha, which I survived, ha) caused a 100% death rate in mice in the same lab as part of this same study.[Link]

Mice are useful but not representative of effects in humans.

This "gain of function" research, which Fauci assured us does not happen, showed that they could make a more transmissible form of COVID which still had concerning lethality. Normally, lethality and transmissibility have inverse relationships.

Regards,
Jim

 

[mamooth]

"According to researchers, the new strain has five times more contagious virus particles compared to omicron variety."

What does that even mean? It makes no sense. Viruses don't have separate contagious and non-contagious virus particles. All the virus particles are the same (within a strain), and they're all contagious.

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

 

[ThisIsMe]

I follow COVID issues very closely, as I don't want my freedoms abridged over another flu.

I would like to point out that the death rate you mention is for mice, and the original strain of COVID (Alpha, which I survived, ha) caused a 100% death rate in mice in the same lab as part of this same study.[Link]

Mice are useful but not representative of effects in humans.

This "gain of function" research, which Fauci assured us does not happen, showed that they could make a more transmissible form of COVID which still had concerning lethality. Normally, lethality and transmissibility have inverse relationships.

Regards,
Jim

Yep, you have a point. I looked at another site that confirmed this.

 

[RodISHI]

Increased viral load means less chance of an immune system's ability to overcome. Overwhelmed the body defense mechanisms are not as effective and more susceptible to disease and injury that can do harm; and with increase viral load the crud infection spreads around more to others easier.

What to Know About COVID Viral Load

People infected with the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 may have different viral loads.

www.webmd.com

 

[Blaster]

MSN

Why.........WHY???............

Was Dr Fauci involved?

 

[ThisIsMe]

Was Dr Fauci involved?

Not that I'm aware of

 

[dudmuck]

MSN

Why.........WHY???............

They found their hybrid virus killed more lab mice than the omicron variant, but was less deadly than the original virus. Omicron killed none of the mice, while 80% died from the hybrid strain and 100% from the original virus, according to the study.

which means worse than omnicron, but less better than original covid.

 

[ThisIsMe]

They found their hybrid virus killed more lab mice than the omicron variant, but was less deadly than the original virus. Omicron killed none of the mice, while 80% died from the hybrid strain and 100% from the original virus, according to the study.

which means worse than omnicron, but less better than original covid.

Correct, I stand corrected.

 

[Jim H - VA USA]

Not that I'm aware of

The NIH has sent an inspection team.

nih inspection team boston at DuckDuckGo

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cc: Blaster

 

[iamwhatiseem]

The NIH has sent an inspection team.

nih inspection team boston at DuckDuckGo

DuckDuckGo. Privacy, Simplified.

duckduckgo.com

cc: Blaster

Some heads need to roll, and IMO - no question their lab need to be shut down for at least 5 years as a punishment. Which means losing all of those students.
This is nothing less than risking the lives of millions of people - for what??? Have we learned nothing???
I want to see convictions and prison time for the professors and administration officials who knew.
And why the hell has the liberal media ignored this story??

 

[Jim H - VA USA]

Some heads need to roll, and IMO - no question their lab need to be shut down for at least 5 years as a punishment. Which means losing all of those students.
This is nothing less than risking the lives of millions of people - for what??? Have we learned nothing???
I want to see convictions and prison time for the professors and administration officials who knew.
And why the hell has the liberal media ignored this story??

They published their work here...

Role of spike in the pathogenic and antigenic behavior of SARS-CoV-2 BA.1 Omicron

The recently identified, globally predominant SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant (BA.1) is highly transmissible, even in fully vaccinated individuals, and causes attenuated disease compared with other major viral variants recognized to date[1][1]–[7][2]. The Omicron spike (S) protein, with an unusually...

www.biorxiv.org

It's a pre-print.

They describe the method they used to transfer the spike from the more-contagious Omnicron to the more-deadly body of the Alpha strain.

So even though it's "only" 80% deadly in an individual host, it's much more deadly than Omnicron in the wild.

Soon, labs all over the world are going to be doing these types of "gain of function" research, if they are not already.

"Hey guy's, look! I just made one that kills everything! Mammals, reptiles, amphibians... What do I win?"

I guess we need treaties and laws, but one would think those are already in place. Perhaps they are skirted because the laws focus on weapons, and this GoF stuff charades as public health research.