Category: B.1.1.529
Research: “Omicron variant is highly likely a product of artificial genetic modification”
An extraordinary claim in a research paper just released: that the Omicron variant could be a product of artificial genetic modification. More...
UKHSA: Risk assessment for Omicron BA.2
The latest risk assessment of the BA.2 strain from the UKHSA. More...
UK.GOV: Vaccine booster doses wane after just 10 weeks
“The latest data suggests this extra protection starts to wane more rapidly, being about 15 to 25% lower from 10 weeks after the booster dose.” More...
Netherlands goes into hard lockdown until January 14th 2022
The Netherlands will enter a strict lockdown starting at 5 a.m. More...
Preprint: Evidence for a mouse origin of the Omicron variant
Pre-outbreak Omicron mutations in the spike protein significantly overlap with mutations in mouse-adapted SARS-CoV-2. More...
Is Delta using Omicron to evade vaccine protection?
A very disturbing development with Delta vaccine breakthrough infections has occurred in Denmark within the last day or so. More...
Plague Island: highest ever UK Covid case rate, Omicron now dominant in London
Another dismal Covid record has been broken in Britain today. More...
Sinovac vaccine not able to produce adequate antibodies to neutralise Omicron
The Covid-19 vaccine by Sinovac Biotech is not able to produce adequate antibodies to neutralise the highly mutated coronavirus strain Omicron, according to new research from the University of Hong Kong. More...
Omicron BA.1 + R346K has *more* escape than Omicron V1
Uuugh.
More...Here are calculated binding scores (see https://t.co/jIPbndSdqp to mouse over points for mutations).
Denmark: ~90% of Omicron cases are double or triple vaccinated *17 UPDATES*
Denmark’s SSI has revealed that the vast majority of people currently infected with the Omicron variant are double or triple vaccinated. More...