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| China-Japan-Koreas |
| Conservative # infected in China this month is 600 million |
| 2023-01-05 |
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| Posted by:3dc |
| #16 if one is a smoker, the abused mucus membrane may serve as an armor? An interesting conjecture. Mucus is like microbial quicksand, so increased or thickened mucus would be a good thing in dealing with invading microbes. In the same way, thickened, leathery lungs might impair the passage of invaders as well as oxygen molecules. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2023-01-05 23:50 |
| #15 respiratory viruses tend to become more contagious and less virulent. It is just how things work So, if one is a smoker, the abused mucus membrane may serve as an armor? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-01-05 23:19 |
| #14 Pointed out .. like others have... The CCP HAS BEEN LYING ABOUT ITS C-19+ #'s for 2 years. Unless of course you buy into the CCP having the same infection figures each week plus or minus 100 and being #98+ for infections in the world. Despite being in the top 2 for population. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2023-01-05 19:53 |
| #13 Not inclined to believe anything out of China these days, but if true then this variant will burn out in just a few weeks. |
| Posted by: Angstrom 2023-01-05 17:24 |
#12 Over time, respiratory viruses tend to become more contagious and less virulent. It is just how things work.This needs to be repeated with every stupid article like the source article. |
| Posted by: Gromble Dribble4342 2023-01-05 14:53 |
| #11 From Skid's #7 link:"WHO warns ... most transmissible...But XBB.1.5 appears to be just as mild as its ancestor Omicron strains" Over time, respiratory viruses tend to become more contagious and less virulent. It is just how things work. A virus that gives you a case of the sniffles that you can walk around with spreads further than one that drops you in your tracks. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2023-01-05 12:06 |
| #10 New COVID omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 is ‘spreading like wildfire’ in US: Health experts reveal why |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-01-05 11:25 |
| #9 ^ Not so much "more transmissible" as "has better PR." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-01-05 10:35 |
| #8 /\ So, have they developed a germ that does it's own 'lab-free' Gain of Function ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-01-05 10:33 |
| #7 World Health Organization warns XBB.1.5 is the 'most transmissible' Covid variant yet — as figures show strain makes up 70% of cases in Northeast US |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-01-05 07:50 |
| #5 #3 - He followed up with "Allen Snackbar!" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2023-01-05 06:54 |
| #4 had to look that one up badanov then heh heh |
| Posted by: lord garth 2023-01-05 01:48 |
| #3 ... died of #COVID on Dec 9. He once said, "Many parts of my body are not my own", as many of his organs were "replaced". Maybe too many organ replacements makes one more susceptible to disease. Darwin or karma? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2023-01-05 01:21 |
| #2 Maybe it was A0-3959X.91–15 |
| Posted by: badanov 2023-01-05 01:04 |
| #1 probably most w XBB.1.5 USA will likely have a surge of cases of this variant later this winter |
| Posted by: lord garth 2023-01-05 00:49 |