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Originally posted by ShiroKuro:
Yeah, I've been reading a bit about this, very concerning.

We're all gonna get covid sooner or later. All we can do is get vaccinated, get boosters when appropriate, and get in the best possible shape we can so we're giving ourselves the best chance to get through to the other side. From what I've read, the best situation is to be fully vaccinated AND have survived a breakthrough. The only control we have is the bit about self care.

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Originally posted by jon-nyc:

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Originally posted by jon-nyc:
**** that, its the Nu variant.

Interesting. South African scientists were calling it the Nu variant. But I guess WHO already had a Nu and didn’t want to name it Xi so they skipped to the next letter.

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...Except that it is apparently far more dangerous than previous variants.

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WHO said today they skipped Nu becaise it is a homonym with New. And they skipped Xi because it’s a “common surname”. Ha.

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SK, I think I may have edited your post instead of replying to it. I’m so sorry.

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Originally posted by Piano*Dad:

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WHO said today they skipped Nu becaise it is a homonym with New. And they skipped Xi because it’s a “common surname”. Ha.

Ha indeed. "Common" surname.

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Portugal detected 13 cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant on Monday, all involving players and staff of top division soccer club Belenenses SAD, one of whose players recently returned from South Africa, health authority DGS said.

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Particularly common among autocrats that WHO is beholden to.

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the chief executive of Moderna, a vaccine maker, said in an interview that there could be a “material drop” in the effectiveness of current vaccines to the new variant. The executive, Stéphane Bancel, told The Financial Times that it might be months before an Omicron-specific vaccine could be produced at scale, but added that it would be risky to shift the company’s entire vaccine production while other variants are still prevalent.

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material drop

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As world health officials turn their concern and attention toward a new coronavirus variant, Moderna's CEO says he expects "a material drop" in the effectiveness of the company's vaccine against Omicron.

A Financial Times interview with Chief Executive Stephane Bancel went live Tuesday morning, in which Bancel said, "There is no world, I think, where (the effectiveness) is the same level...we had with Delta."

Bancel went on, "I think it's going to be a material drop. I just don't know how much because we need to wait for the data. But all the scientists I've talked to...are like, this is not going to be good."