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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Scientists sound alarm over new 'worst-ever' super-mutant COVID variant that could make vaccines 40% less effective as the UK and Israel ban travel from South Africa and five other countries but passengers continue to stream into US
2021-11-26
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News]
  • The B.1.1.529 variant has a 'very unusual constellation' of mutations and may be more resistant to the vaccine

  • Likely to be officially named Nu, variant might evade the body's immune response and be more transmissible

  • There are currently 77 confirmed cases in South Africa, four in Botswana, one in Hong Kong and one in Israel

  • However, the real numbers are likely much higher as health authorities establish the full scale of the spread

  • Britain, Israel, Singapore, Germany and Ital are among increasing countries to block flights from South Africa

  • There are no direct flights to US from any of the countries except South Africa. Early Friday morning, the CDC still listed South Africa as 'Level 1: Low Level of COVID-19' on the country's travel advice page
Posted by:Skidmark

#25  The Fraudchi who called "COVID"!
Posted by: CrazyFool   2021-11-26 23:07  

#24  wait, china does a lot of crap in africa. just saying they are not done killing us yet.
Posted by: Woodrow   2021-11-26 21:21  

#23  At this point, I don't believe anything the government or press says as they have simply lied too much.

We are past wondering if they are lying or not. The question now is "What do the lies mean?".
Posted by: SteveS   2021-11-26 20:11  

#22  Of course there is, there will always be another variant. We're done with Covid lock down BS. No more face diaper mandates. I probably had covid in march of 2020, it was nothing compared to the damn norovirus my daughter gave the rest of us last weekend. That was BAD! Especially since I had just reached my hotel in Ohio.

At this point, I don't believe anything the government or press says as they have simply lied too much.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2021-11-26 16:41  

#21  B.1.1.5h!9 variant.

Sounds like cover for the shots being failures.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-11-26 16:11  

#20  Yawn....wake me when we get the "Fauci-killer" variant.
Posted by: Anomalous Sources   2021-11-26 15:31  

#19  Pfizer announced that they expect to have a pill designed specifically to counter the nu variant in 100 days (then it would have to be tested)
Posted by: Lord Garth   2021-11-26 15:17  

#18  some winners on the market today

pfizer up 6% today - figuring their pill will work against the nu variant

zoom up - good for sequestering

roku, netfix up - also good for sequestering

almost every other stock down
Posted by: Lord Garth   2021-11-26 14:45  

#17  The WHO is calling B.1.1.529 the Omicron variant, even though Nu and Xi precede Omicron in the Greek alphabet.

I wonder why?
Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660   2021-11-26 13:47  

#16  I see Pelosi just bought a mansion in Florida. Right before the latest lockdown / beatdown / feral-yout festivity in SF.

Which stocks did she and her husband sell on Wednesday?
What did they buy?
Posted by: Merrick Ferret   2021-11-26 12:42  

#15  Why is this in the “Opinion” section?

"Scientists sound alarm ..."

Opinion.
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-11-26 12:36  

#14  Fauci said ‘don’t panic’ in interviews this am

Isn't that what he said in March 2020? If anything's gonna make me panic, it's Fauxi himself.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2021-11-26 12:34  

#13  Fauci said ‘don’t panic’ in interviews this am
Posted by: Lord garth   2021-11-26 12:19  

#12  Why is this in the “Opinion” section?


Buy oil stocks.
Posted by: Lonzo Hapsburg5562   2021-11-26 11:23  

#11  WTI and Brent crude are down about $9/Barrel as of now.

As Tom notes, this is something of a mini panic.

If the nu variant turns out to be not-very-infectious, this will be seen as a good time to buy.
Posted by: Lord Garth   2021-11-26 11:10  

#10  Africa was doing better statistically despite low vaccination rates. That sure got corrected in a hurry, huh?
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-11-26 10:40  

#9  The 'emergency' is permanent. Never going away. Anything we agree to now we are agreeing to do for the rest of our lives.
Posted by: Angstrom   2021-11-26 10:35  

#8  market was overdue to correct, though it currently isn't there yet. COVID is more the sort of excuse Wall Street wants as opposed to trade war or hot war with China.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-11-26 10:29  

#7  Compared to the Black Plague or Smallpox COVID is ... annoying.
Posted by: magpie   2021-11-26 10:23  

#6  Dow down about 1000 points as I post this.

The 'lockdown' friendly stocks like Zoom and Abode are up significantly.

Posted by: Lord Garth   2021-11-26 10:21  

#5  PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC
Posted by: Tom   2021-11-26 09:58  

#4  Is this one going to be named the Xi variant?
Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660   2021-11-26 07:10  

#3  The Wuhan Institute's test populations appear to be reacting as planned to the new variant.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-11-26 07:05  

#2  New Botswana variant with 32 'horrific' mutations is the most evolved Covid strain EVER and could be 'worse than Delta' — as expert says it may have emerged in an HIV patient
Posted by: Clavith Phomomp6945   2021-11-26 06:43  

#1  See Rantburg #2 comment for deeper details regarding this latest panic.
Posted by: NN2N1   2021-11-26 06:32  

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