Coronavirus (Stay on Topic)

[ghost1]

Both my kids are MDs (one in TX and the other in FL) and they both got the vaccine this past week. My son who usually has a mild reaction to the flu shot had no side effects except for a sore arm for 2-3 days. My daughter did have 99.6° fever the night after the shot and body aches. Felt better the next day but still some slight body aches so she did experience side effects

 

[Snowfan]

The variant that was announced in South Africa last week has spread to the UK.

 

[Snowfan]

Also the UK variant has been found in Hong Kong.

 

[Deleted member 1449]

The variant that was announced in South Africa last week has spread to the UK.

Is the SA variant different from the new UK variant that has been in the news lately? I can't keep up.

 

[Snowfan]

Is the SA variant different from the new UK variant that has been in the news lately? I can't keep up.

It's different from the UK variant. It has the same N501Y mutation but it emerged separately from the UK variant. Both variants are more contagious than original strains.

 

[Snowfan]

The UK variant has been found in Israel.

 

[Snowfan]

 

[Rain Cold]

OH COME ON!

We all knew this was coming. Be prepared for indefinite lockdowns/mask-mandates/continued freedom-extracting legislation. What fun.

 

[SD]

Wild how this happens right after the vaccine is distributed. I'll show myself to the conspiracy theory thread

 

[superjames1992]

Both my kids are MDs (one in TX and the other in FL) and they both got the vaccine this past week. My son who usually has a mild reaction to the flu shot had no side effects except for a sore arm for 2-3 days. My daughter did have 99.6° fever the night after the shot and body aches. Felt better the next day but still some slight body aches so she did experience side effects

My couple doctor friends who got it had no side effects that I know of. ?

 

[superjames1992]

I’m sure the UK variant is all over the world by now. It’s been circulating for a while. There’s no containing it at this point.

 

[LickWx]

We all knew this was coming. Be prepared for indefinite lockdowns/mask-mandates/continued freedom-extracting legislation. What fun.

And they laughed at you when you said it earlier ..... they will still laugh at you now of course , laughing till they find themselves losing freedoms ...

 

[EmersonGA]

I’m sure the UK variant is all over the world by now. It’s been circulating for a while. There’s no containing it at this point.

Erick Erickson talked about it this week on his show how the UK has the tech to find variants better than anyone. This strain has likely been widespread for some time. He also mentioned that these RNA vaccines target the protein surrounding the virus and those should not differ between strains.

 

[GaWx]

I’m sure the UK variant is all over the world by now. It’s been circulating for a while. There’s no containing it at this point.

I heard that the vaccines will still work on this variant.

 

[Deleted member 1449]

We all knew this was coming. Be prepared for indefinite lockdowns/mask-mandates/continued freedom-extracting legislation. What fun.

You forgot to add $600 checks.

But seriously, from what I have read the vaccines should still work on these variants. We will see.

 

[superjames1992]

I heard that the vaccines will still work on this variant.

Yep. I think the story is largely overblown for the shock value by the news media.

 

[Snowfan]

A new COVID-19 variant has been detected in Nigeria.

 

[NoSnowATL]

 

[SD]

Pretty sure I’ll be put in time out for the above. ?

There's a covid meme thread

 

[Deleted member 1449]

Let me say first of all that I have not read the article in full.

However, I know for a fact that the virus is transmitted before people have symptoms. Whether they remain asymptomatic or not is irrelevant. The reason the virus is so contagious is because it is spread before people show symptoms. This cannot be stressed enough, in my option.