Thread by @DrEricDing

🌎Global spread in just days—Let’s be clear—the #XBB15 super variant is a US-origin variant from Northeast US. The @CDCgov is cowardly in refusing to admit it.

📺Watch the incredibly fast spread (animation by @Mike_Honey_). @CDCDirector needs to wake up.

2) My insider source leaked the horrific #XBB15 data to me—because they could not stand the @CDCgov DOING NOTHING BY SITTING ON THE DATA WITHOUT DISCLOSING IT TO ANYONE. ➡️CDC knew #XB115 was significantly >1% and surging for weeks. They did absolutely nothing to warn the public!

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1608704548536975360

3) at the time, I didn’t know I had a first scoop on the #XBB15 hitting 40% of all #SARSCoV2 virus strains in the US. But then I realized nobody in DC or CDC was talking about it at all.

https://twitter.com/krauseforiowa/status/1609940923932151808

4) Across the 4 states that are top #XBB15 dominant epicenters in Northeast US, hospitalizations are increasing. The reason is that #XBB15 is one of the most evasive variants against immunity (high escape) and fusion with human cells (high ACE2 binding)—a worst of both worlds. 👇

https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1609320112582021120

5) When #XBB15 shows up… all other variants basically bite the dust. The key double advantage — XBB15 has much higher immunity escape and higher human cell ACE2 binding that bestows higher cell infectivity.

cov-spectrum.org/explore/United…

6) One of these variants is not like the other — the super variant #XBB15 stands out by leaps and bounds on the R(t) transmission reproductive number. Notice how XBB doesn’t even come close either. That’s because they are not the same! Expert pundits need to stop confusing them!