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‘Frankenstein’ Omicron subvariant XE detected in UK, India and Thailand
« on: April 07, 2022, 07:57:49 pm »
 ‘Frankenstein’ Omicron subvariant XE detected in UK, India and Thailand
By Joshua Rhett Miller   
April 7, 2022 1:17pm

A “Frankenstein”-style new Omicron subvariant is spreading in the UK — and some experts fear the mutation may be the most contagious form yet of COVID-19.

The XE variant — which has also been confirmed in India and Thailand — is a mix of Omicron’s BA.1 strain and the new “stealth” BA.2 form, the Daily Beast reported.

Such mutations are known as “recombinants,” and occur when a person gets infected with two or more variants at a time and they combine “Frankenstein” style, the outlet reported.

A total of 637 cases of the XE recombinant variant have been confirmed in the UK, according to data from the UK Health Security Agency.

It’s unclear whether XE causes more severe illness or evades vaccines, though early data suggests that it may be more transmissible than earlier forms of the Omicron virus.

“Early estimates suggest that XE has a community growth rate advantage of 1.1 (which represents a 10% transmission advantage) as compared to BA.2,” the World Health Organization said.

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Re: ‘Frankenstein’ Omicron subvariant XE detected in UK, India and Thailand
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2022, 07:58:32 pm »
Should be here in US just in time for the Nov elections.
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Re: ‘Frankenstein’ Omicron subvariant XE detected in UK, India and Thailand
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2022, 08:14:29 pm »
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Re: ‘Frankenstein’ Omicron subvariant XE detected in UK, India and Thailand
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2022, 08:51:11 pm »
Quote from: mystery-ak on April 07, 2022, 07:58:32 pm
Should be here in US just in time for the Nov elections.
And no more dangerous than the common cold.
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Re: ‘Frankenstein’ Omicron subvariant XE detected in UK, India and Thailand
« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2022, 08:53:29 pm »
Quote from: andy58-in-nh on April 07, 2022, 08:51:11 pm
And no more dangerous than the common cold.


Almost certainly.
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Re: ‘Frankenstein’ Omicron subvariant XE detected in UK, India and Thailand
« Reply #5 on: April 07, 2022, 09:26:02 pm »
So basically, it's like the common cold.
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Re: ‘Frankenstein’ Omicron subvariant XE detected in UK, India and Thailand
« Reply #6 on: April 07, 2022, 09:28:21 pm »
Quote from: Kamaji on April 07, 2022, 09:26:02 pm
So basically, it's like the common cold.

Except the only way to cure it is with absentee ballots.
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Re: ‘Frankenstein’ Omicron subvariant XE detected in UK, India and Thailand
« Reply #7 on: April 07, 2022, 09:30:33 pm »
To be blamed on the unvaxxed?
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Re: ‘Frankenstein’ Omicron subvariant XE detected in UK, India and Thailand
« Reply #8 on: April 07, 2022, 09:33:23 pm »
The two key questions here the writer fails to ask are:

1.  Are people who have received the jab getting it?

2.  Are people who have not received the jab but who have recovered from previous Covid infections getting it?
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Re: ‘Frankenstein’ Omicron subvariant XE detected in UK, India and Thailand
« Reply #9 on: April 07, 2022, 09:33:27 pm »
Quote from: Hoodat on April 07, 2022, 09:28:21 pm
Except the only way to cure it is with absentee ballots.


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Re: ‘Frankenstein’ Omicron subvariant XE detected in UK, India and Thailand
« Reply #10 on: April 07, 2022, 09:50:11 pm »
The weekly increase of new infections in my town (CT) -- which had been in steep decline -- have suddenly jumped upwards again.

1/28 - 432
2/4 - 155
2/11 - 81
2/18 - 46
2/25 - 33
3/4 - 20
3/11 - 14
3/18 - 11
3/25 - 9
4/1 - 69
4/6 - 35 (not complete, only first 3 days)
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