According to Medical News Today, this reported variant is currently known as “C.1.2.”
It does not have a Greek letter designation as of yet because it is not yet on the WHO’s radar of “interest” or “concern” – unlike Alpha, Delta, Beta, Gamma, Lambda, Eta, Epsilon, Iota, Kappa; and Mu being the latest addition to the gang.
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There has also been a reported Mexican variant, but that has not gotten as much attention.
SARS-CoV-2 replicates quicker in unvaccinated people and, therefore, the virus has more opportunity to mutate. As these individuals have not already developed an immune response to the virus, it can survive and multiply for longer periods of time in their bodies.
Annie Lennon from Medical News Today
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) in Johannesburg, South Africa, plus other groups in the country, identified this new variant.
It was initially discovered in May of this year, and reported to have also been found in New Zealand, the U.K., and the China.
Scientists are concerned about the variant, because of how quickly it has mutated: it is between 44 and 59 mutations away from the original virus detected in Wuhan, [China] making it more mutated than any other WHO-identified VOC or Variant of Interest.
It also contains many mutations that have been associated with increased transmissibility and a heightened ability to evade antibodies in other variants, though they occur in different mixes, and their impacts on the virus are not yet fully known.
Dr. Vinod Balasubramaniam, senior lecturer at Monash University of Malaysia, who was not involved in the study.
The longer somebody [has an infection] with a particular virus, the more chance it has to accumulate a lot of mutations. Since this lineage (C.1.2) is so highly mutated, we hypothesize it is a result of a prolonged infection allowing the virus to accumulate many mutations before being transmitted to others.
Right now, there is no need for the public or health authorities to be concerned about the C.1.2 variant. Although we are monitoring it very closely, we are still only detecting it at very low levels in South Africa (less than 3% of viruses in the country) and globally (less than 1% in other regions).
Since C.1.2 shares a similar mutation profile as Beta and Delta, we are fairly confident that vaccines will still be protective against hospitalization and death against the C.1.2 variant as they have been against the Beta and Delta variants.
Dr. Cathrine Scheepers, first author of the study and senior medical scientist at the NICD in South Africa
AUTHOR COMMENTARY
Since Alpha, Delta, Beta, Gamma, Eta, Lambda, Epsilon, Iota, Kappa, and Mu are already occupied, I will place my bet that the WHO will name C.1.2,“Zeta Ζ, ζ.“ Let my know your prediction in the comments.
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If you are new to The WP, and you are just now leaving the twilight zone, know that “Covid-19” has never once been isolated, and these “variants” are made up.
Be aware also of more and more alternative outlets taking about how the death shots are the reasons the variants are created and spreading. There are no variants. Is it true that vaccine recipients can shed and shred the ingredients? Absolutely, but it is not because of “variants.” It’s another fear tactic used by the controlled opposition.
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Baloney Virus! It sees you hiding under your bed… 😉
Maybe I’m wrong, but is anyone EVER “asymptomatic” for the flu or for the common cold? The times I’ve had either, I’ve been sicker than sick!
Oh no! The baloney virus is under my bed! Get it, get it!
“SARS-CoV-2 replicates quicker in unvaccinated people and, therefore, the virus has more opportunity to mutate. As these individuals have not already developed an immune response to the virus, it can survive and multiply for longer periods of time in their bodies.”
What an absolute crock!… this study was done before any vaccine was out.
“Previous studies have reported that 20–50% of people who hadn’t been exposed to SARS-CoV-2 showed T cell responses against different parts of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. To investigate further, a research team led by Drs. Alessandro Sette and Daniela Weiskopf at the La Jolla Institute for Immunology tested blood samples collected between March 2015 and March 2018 for T-cell responses against different pieces of SARS-CoV-2. The work was funded by NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Results were published on August 4, 2020 in Science.
The team first tested the volunteers’ T cells for responses against several pools of peptides—the short stretches of amino acids that make up proteins. Each peptide consisted of 15 amino acids from SARS-CoV-2. Cells that showed a response to a pool of peptides were then tested again against a pool of peptides spanning the spike protein (the part of the virus that latches onto human cells) or pools of 10 peptides each that spanned the non-spike regions of the virus. The team screened 474 SARS-CoV-2 peptides total.
The team narrowed the pools until they identified 142 fragments of the virus that interacted with the T cells—66 from the spike protein and 76 from non-spike regions. Of these, 40 were recognized by T cells from two or more donors. These fragments might prove useful for COVID-19 vaccine trials and tracking memory T cells during infection.
The researchers generated T cell lines from the memory cells that recognized SARS-CoV-2 fragments. They then tested them for cross-reactivity against a peptide pool from other coronaviruses. They found that of the SARS-CoV-2 and “common cold” coronavirus fragments that were most similar (at least 67% genetic similarity) 57% showed cross-reactivity by memory T cells.
“We have now proven that, in some people, pre-existing T cell memory against common cold coronaviruses can cross-recognize SARS-CoV-2, down to the exact molecular structures,” Weiskopf says. “This could help explain why some people show milder symptoms of disease while others get severely sick.”
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/immune-cells-common-cold-may-recognize-sars-cov-2
So, cold coronaviruses are fake, too? No such thing a nanobiotec & biologicals, bioweapons? Lipid nanoparticles & genetic manipulation? I understand folks questioning narratives, but the absolute & irrational denial of the existence of something funded, patented & worked on for decades…..with documented resistance & moratoriums, as well: folks recognizing the danger of this thing.
Well, it reminds me of the sort of sophisticated misdirection & propaganda, controlled opposition which targeted well-meaning people and ended up with them falling for the flat earth & the idea that CERN had gone back in time & changed the King James Bible. The way of the mockers who believe themselves to be ‘superior’ as proven by their level of deceit & ability to ‘put one over’ on the righteous.
It’s real, but it’s treatable. And the vaccine is just another application of the same misapplication of knowledge & science for evil. Allowing the release, and then promoting the use of the same thing, even more weaponized & guaranteed to infect & highjack our own God-given genetics & immune system to weaken & destroy….is the same old, same old of the initiates of the craft, the mysteries, the disobedient, irrationally & wickedly doing evil that good might come. The evolutionist trying to prove his faith denying truth & calling God a liar, & working to justify himself & to save himself….achieve immortality….some other way.
Why would they name it after Greek alphabet? Weird.
It’s for easier designation I guess. A lot of the Greek stuff is usually associated with “higher learning,” so maybe that’s why.
Thanks brother! 🙂