New COVID variant is a "big jump in evolution"

[JimH52]

New COVID Variant Is a 'Big Jump in Evolution'

EU countries rush to restrict travel from southern Africa

www.newser.com

I am afraid we are in for a long term battle to fight off the many variants of COVID. Not only do we have to fight off the new strains appearing, we need to fight off the armies of misinformation and lies that seem determined to prolong the pandemic. I wonder if the drug companies are funding them to extend their profit making?

 

[Calypso Jones]

Got your covid vaxx card? how many spaces are on it?

 

[Oddball]

Now the vax fascists are beginning to wonder whether BigPharm is fueling the scamdemic, in order to extend their profits?!?

Holy 1984, Batman!

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

New COVID Variant Is a 'Big Jump in Evolution'

EU countries rush to restrict travel from southern Africa

www.newser.com

I am afraid we are in for a long term battle to fight off the many variants of COVID. Not only do we have to fight off the new strains appearing, we need to fight off the armies of misinformation and lies that seem determined to prolong the pandemic. I wonder if the drug companies are funding them to extend their profit making?

Biden admin is restricting travel with 8 countries, remember when it was xenophobic and racist for doing that during Trumps time ?

 

[Burgermeister]

The hardest part of 15 days to flatten the curve is always the first two years.

 

[JustAGuy1]

New COVID Variant Is a 'Big Jump in Evolution'

EU countries rush to restrict travel from southern Africa

www.newser.com

I am afraid we are in for a long term battle to fight off the many variants of COVID. Not only do we have to fight off the new strains appearing, we need to fight off the armies of misinformation and lies that seem determined to prolong the pandemic. I wonder if the drug companies are funding them to extend their profit making?

Get under your bed, mama will protect you. Damn you people are cowards.

 

[boedicca]

As the standard evolutionary path of viruses is to become less deadly, it is not a given that these "32" mutations are not benign.

 

[JimH52]

Biden admin is restricting travel with 8 countries, remember when it was xenophobic and racist for doing that during Trumps time ?

Yes, it did it before COVID. So...yes it was....

 

[occupied]

The mutation factor has always been a giant question mark. Viruses tend to evolve towards being less deadly and more contagious but with this one we really don't know. Random mutations could just as easily produce a mass killer or a benign strain that will harmlessly live in us forever.

 

[boedicca]

Get under your bed, mama will protect you. Damn you people are cowards.

What he really needs are three layers of a full body condom and 17 more jabs to be really safe.

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

Yes, it did it before COVID. So...yes it was....

Huh... what ?

 

[Asclepias]

New COVID Variant Is a 'Big Jump in Evolution'

EU countries rush to restrict travel from southern Africa

www.newser.com

I am afraid we are in for a long term battle to fight off the many variants of COVID. Not only do we have to fight off the new strains appearing, we need to fight off the armies of misinformation and lies that seem determined to prolong the pandemic. I wonder if the drug companies are funding them to extend their profit making?

No doubt they are taking advantage of the stupidity running rampant. Someone on this very forum said that the variants were caused by the vaccine. How gullible can you possibly be to believe that. I think the first round of vax may be obsolete. So much for catching it before it gets out of control. Now we are in a reactionary position instead of a proactive position.

 

[boedicca]

The mutation factor has always been a giant question mark. Viruses tend to evolve towards being less deadly and more contagious but with this one we really don't know. Random mutations could just as easily produce a mass killer or a benign strain that will harmlessly live in us forever.

The "benign strain that will harmlessly live with us forever" is the likeliest outcome. The common cold (which is actually many different viruses) includes corona versions.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

New COVID Variant Is a 'Big Jump in Evolution'

EU countries rush to restrict travel from southern Africa

www.newser.com

I am afraid we are in for a long term battle to fight off the many variants of COVID. Not only do we have to fight off the new strains appearing, we need to fight off the armies of misinformation and lies that seem determined to prolong the pandemic. I wonder if the drug companies are funding them to extend their profit making?

Did you somehow miss the already too many threads on this?

 

[JustAGuy1]

What he really needs is three layers of a full body condom and 17 more jabs to be really safe.

These Progs are just terrified of everything.

 

[JGalt]

The hardest part of 15 days to flatten the curve is always the first two years.

I got that.

 

[boedicca]

These Progs are just terrified of everything.

That's why they are desperate to believe that Big Brother will protect them.

 

[struth]

Glad to see Xiden reintroducing some of Trumps policies to help keep these variants out, but i am scared it’s too little to late and we will likely see more of these popping up in the united states

 

[HenryBHough]

There will always be new variants of the virus so long as there is a single politician alive to benefit from screwing with your lives.

 

[JGalt]

The mutation factor has always been a giant question mark. Viruses tend to evolve towards being less deadly and more contagious but with this one we really don't know. Random mutations could just as easily produce a mass killer or a benign strain that will harmlessly live in us forever.

Viruses evolve to be less deadly because mankind's immune system evolves to become less susceptible, and subsequent variations are also weakened throughout time. Take the common cold for example: There was a time in our evolution where a cold could be deadly.