Thread by @COVIDnewsfast

BA. 2 THE NEXT VARIANT OF CONCERN? Shockwaves being made from the Pre-Print we discussed here on the page, experts are beginning to agree, BA. 2 is likely to receive the dreaded "VoC" title.

"In summary, our data suggests that BA. 2 would be the most concerning variant to global health." 🚨 this is coming from the Kato institute, one of the most prestigious in the world. This is very dire language.

"It is evident that the spread of BA. 2 can be a serious issue for global health in the near future" 🚨 keep in mind this is a prestigious institute using this tone, not me.

"Based on our findings, we propose that BA.2 should be recognized as a unique variant of concern. And this SARS-CoV-2 should be monitored in depth" 🚨

Current BA.2 hotspots: 1. Denmark 2. Germany 3.Sweden 4. UK is catching up to these other 3. Given the rate omicron spread, I give it 4 weeks before we start seeing this wave emerge globally. Stock up on rapid tests now!

Despite what hopium con artists want to tell you, to assume the vaccine will forever be able to defend against each new variant is delusional in my opinion. COVID-19s evolutionary path is clearly refining its immune escape abilities.

If we keep messing around and assuming the worst of this is over and the virus is out of tricks, how many times must you be fooled and misled that "this time is the last time guys we promise"?

If BA 2 indeed causes another massive global surge, this would be the 4th massive wave that we've seen wash over the planet. What is the exit strategy? The "endemicity" claim is laughable. We're far from out of this pandemic.

I stand by my claim I made earlier : the "live with COVID" strategy will be the biggest policy failure in history, and those that pushed for it to be so should sink with it. Vaccination is not enough on its own.

The only way out of this pandemic is slowing the spread of the virus, which would dramatically reduce the chance of mutations and new variants of concern. And the only way we can do that, is vaccines combined with previous prevention measures

Such as social distancing, high quality masks, capacity restrictions, fixing ventilation in indoor spaces, educating the public on airborne disease, then and only then can we slow this horrific process down until we create a sterilizing vaccine.

But maintaining this attitude that as long as your vaccinated there is no risk to any new variant is suicidal. What happens when one of these variants can completely evade the mRNA? I am triple boosted, fully support vaccines.

I also understand the nature of viruses, and know that by letting it continually infect both vax and unvax, the virus is learning from our immune response and learning how to evade that response. It's only a matter of time until mRNA is bypassed.

Which would be a truly nightmarish situation, as the vaccines are currently very effective at reducing chance of hospitalization and especially at reducing chance of death. We must get it together.

** Kei Sato from the renown Sato Labs led this bombshell study** fixing a spelling error I made on my 2nd tweet in the thread. I do apologize, I admit I was just trying to crank this information out!

Quotes in the picture above were taken from this article news.com.au/world/coronavi… again, to summarize, Sato Labs recommended that Omicron BA.2 be added as the new "Variant of Concern"