Well of course there is ......we need a new name to terrify the other ones ....... who are already terrified.........they just keep pulling names out of some hat in a chinese lab .....more vaccines to sell ...those portfolios need to get padded for the recession ....... .......subvariant XBB........no one knows where they found this name ...probably some chinese guy pulled it out of his arse playing a crossword game .......why don't they just cal it covid 20 ....or 21......22.....etc....etc......just keep adding it up .....i mean for fuck sake ......the stupid and weak do not care ...they are too dumb to think of your creativity shit ...they will be waiting in line for the needle ...no one absolutely no one has questioned the ingredients of vaccines they just lined up took the needle in fear ....yet people are dropping like flies .......i am not saying it's the vaccine ...but if you are weak ...have some shit health deals .....then it could elevate your risk to take a shit ......who knows ...i am not sure what the fuck is in them fuckers .....do not trust them ........i will suffer .....i have had covid twice ,....and i have an artificial heart valve ....and yet survived .......bollocks .....the fact that fauci .....whom i detest as much as zucherburg and bill gates ..who he cheated on his wife ......but the masses trust these fuckers ...they are business men .....pure and simple ...but there are enough stupid fuckers to buy the shit .........and sadly folks .........this is what the govt want ...they know who you are ...by your life style ....you may think they don't .....but they do .....they know by your credit ....your bills who you are ..... and what.....and they will prey upon your repsonsibilty ....if your job makes you vaccinated ....you have no choice ........get vaccinated or lose your job .....boom .......not sure what 2023....will bring .....but it does not seem too look to promising health wise ........oh well that's why they have tequila ...... ask any good hard working mexican guy ........tequila
The Fast-Spreading New COVID-19 Subvariant XBB Is Part of a ‘New Class’ of Omicron
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For the past several months, Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 have dominated COVID-19 cases in the U.S. But now, there’s a class of new COVID subvariants on the rise and one in particular is getting plenty of attention. It’s called XBB—or Gryphon—and there’s a chance it could overtake everything else out there.
XBB is getting a lot of buzz because it spreads fast—and seems to be able to evade immunity that people have built up from having a previous COVID-19 infection or getting the vaccine, says William Schaffner, M.D., an infectious disease specialist and professor at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Still, Dr. Schaffner says, “it’s early days and we have a lot to learn.”
Here’s what we know about XBB so far, and why doctors are keeping a close eye on it.
What is the XBB COVID variant?
XBB is one of the “new class” of Omicron variants that are spreading fast right now, says Thomas Russo, M.D., professor and chief of infectious disease at the University at Buffalo in New York. That includes BQ.1.1, BQ.1, BQ.1.3, BA.2.3.20, and XBB, he says.
“XBB is a hybrid version of two strains of the BA.2 form of Omicron,” explains Amesh A. Adalja, M.D., a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. It’s currently “spreading efficiently in Singapore,” he adds.
The variant was first detected in August 2022 in India, and has been detected in more than 17 countries since then, including Australia, Bangladesh, Denmark, India, Japan and the U.S., per Singapore’s Ministry of Health.
XBB is thought to have the best ability to evade antibody protections of these newly emerged COVID variants, according to a pre-print study from researchers in China. That study said that the new strains of Omicron, and XBB in particular, “are the most antibody-evasive strain tested, far exceeding BA.5 and approaching SARS-CoV-1 level.” (SARS-CoV-1, in case you’re not familiar with it, is the strain of coronavirus that causes SARS, a respiratory virus that can cause severe illness.)
Meaning, the vaccine and having previously had COVID-19 are not thought to offer the same level of protection against XBB as they have with previous strains of COVID-19. Antibody drugs like Evusheld and bebtelovimab may also not be very effective against XBB, the pre-print study says.
“These variants are evolving to evade protection,” Dr. Russo says. The bivalent booster is “likely going to be protective against severe disease” with XBB, but will be “imperfect against preventing infection," Dr. Russo says.
Don’t panic, though. “When it comes to evasion of vaccine protection, it’s important to recognize that vaccine protection is not all or none,” Dr. Adalja says. “Even with immune-evasive variants, vaccine protection against what matters most—severe disease—remains intact.”
XBB variant symptoms
So far, symptoms of XBB seem to be similar to what they’ve been with COVID-19 in general. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), those can include:
· Fever or chills
· Cough
· Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
· Fatigue
· Muscle or body aches
· Headache
· New loss of taste or smell
· Sore throat
· Congestion or runny nose
· Nausea or vomiting
· Diarrhea
How contagious is the XBB subvariant?
Like other strains of Omicron, XBB is thought to be very contagious. Singapore’s Ministry of Health notes that the variant now makes up 54% of COVID-19 cases in the country, up from 22% the week before.
Singapore’s Ministry of health says that XBB is “at least as transmissible as currently circulating variants” but adds that “there is no evidence that XBB causes more severe illness.”
When will the XBB subvariant peak?
There are a lot of unknowns about XBB right now. While it’s been detected in the U.S., BA.5 and BA.4.6 continue to be the dominant variants in this country, per CDC data.
Other variants are also started to spread at the same time, Dr. Adalja says, and it’s unclear which will displace BA.4.6 and BA.5 in the U.S., if they will at all. “It’s likely to spread to some degree in the U.S. but unclear if it—or some other related variant such as BQ.1.1—will become dominant,” he says.
Dr. Schaffner says there is "some concern" about XBB and fellow variants on the rise. “Watching what happens over the next several weeks is important,” he says.
This article is accurate as of press time. However, as the COVID-19 pandemic rapidly evolves and the scientific community’s understanding of the novel coronavirus develops, some of the information may have changed since it was last updated. While we aim to keep all of our stories up to date, please visit online resources provided by the CDC, WHO, and your local public health department to stay informed on the latest news. Always talk to your doctor for professional medical advice.
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