It's 2023 - no it's 2024. It's 2025. No, no, it's 2026! And we have another variant that defeats vaccination to date:

BA.3.2-derived lineages exhibit escape from vaccine-elicited neutralising antibodies [1]

And another variant that is defeated by N95s  and clean air, because

70 to 75 genetic changes in its spike protein [2]

can't stop aerosolized particles from being trapped by effective filtration.

[1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297526000314
[2] https://theconversation.com/covid-19-variant-ba-3-2-is-spreading-quickly-across-us-a-doctor-explains-what-you-need-to-know-279447

#SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsNotOver

Warning though: that 2nd link is a heavy minimizer at times:

there’s no indication that it’s any more dangerous or that it causes more severe disease than the COVID-19 variants that have circulated widely over the past few years. [2]

yeah well there's no indication it's any LESS dangerous than the rest which are ongoing costing us lives and healthspans, the trillion dollar a year economic loss, all the human cost from "about half" of healthcare workers with Long COVID, the double-digit general population with Long COVID, is there?

Still no indication it's mild, then, hm? None at all, zero? OK. Moving along.

[2] https://theconversation.com/covid-19-variant-ba-3-2-is-spreading-quickly-across-us-a-doctor-explains-what-you-need-to-know-279447

#COVID #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #publichealth

COVID-19 variant BA.3.2 is spreading quickly across US – a doctor explains what you need to know

The current COVID-19 vaccine does not match the strain that’s now becoming dominant in the US, which could lead to a rise in COVID-19 cases.

The Conversation

Look, we have known for more than half a decade that COVID-19 is airborne, we shouldn't need to have this fight.

When an article gets something wrong to the point that it is dangerous to the public, that is the definition of a public danger. So when this piece https://theconversation.com/covid-19-variant-ba-3-2-is-spreading-quickly-across-us-a-doctor-explains-what-you-need-to-know-279447 says

First, wash your hands

if this bothers you too, you're welcome to complain until they correct (and to hopefully make their editors adjust to correct in future):

Corrections or complaints [email protected]

from https://theconversation.com/us/contact-us

#COVID #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #COVIDISAirborne

COVID-19 variant BA.3.2 is spreading quickly across US – a doctor explains what you need to know

The current COVID-19 vaccine does not match the strain that’s now becoming dominant in the US, which could lead to a rise in COVID-19 cases.

The Conversation

@datum

FYI - I think the article has been updated and made masks number 1

Kudos to whomever is responsible for suggesting the updare