Thread by @itechnologynet

#Variants emerge because there is selective pressure on the #virus💡

The #vaccine targets a single spike protein

The vaccine does not prevent infection, or transmission

THAT's the ideal space where a virus will create resistant strains, just like with antibiotics and superbugs

Nextstrain
Real-time tracking of pathogen evolution

nextstrain.org/ncov/gisaid/gl…

GOV.UK
Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE)

gov.uk/government/pub…

Explanation of the emergence of vaccine derived variants by Dr. Byram Bridle
ovc.uoguelph.ca/pathobiology/p…

Herd immunity ...ain't happening (especially not from vaccine)

https://twitter.com/Channel4News/status/1425086490002997248?s=19

Paper on the emergence of variants, but that also traces the timeline of their emergence and cross-references them with specific vaccine deployments in various countries

Interesting 👍

fortunejournals.com/articles/may-v…

Did a little thread on variants @FatEmperor

Institute of Infectiology
(Marseille, France)

Viral load in vaccinated patients is "higher" than in non vaccinated patients.

Confirming the data from the CDC on the Massachusetts breakout

Not only are we now creating variants, but have ppl w high loads

https://twitter.com/boutaour/status/1425184471431749637?s=20

Here's my sad analysis of the situation 👇

Current variant is very transmissible
Vac have high viral load
Vac contribute to variants
Vac transmit to non vac

👉 Get vac & contribute to the vicious cycle, or don't get vac & get covid

Variants, boosters
...rince and repeat

🙄

Even deeper dive with Dr. Geert Vanden Bossche, PhD (Virology)

Who has worked at : GSK Biologicals, Novartis Vaccines, Solvay Biologicals, GAVI, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, ...