US CDC says new COVID lineage could cause infections in vaccinated individuals

[saynotomsm]

https://www.reuters.com/business/he...infections-vaccinated-individuals-2023-08-23/

Aug 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Wednesday the new BA.2.86 lineage of coronavirus may be more capable than older variants in causing infection in people who have previously had COVID-19 or who have received vaccines.

CDC said it was too soon to know whether this might cause more severe illness compared with previous variants.

But due to the high number of mutations detected in this lineage, there were concerns about its impact on immunity from vaccines and previous infections, the agency said.

Scientists are keeping an eye on the BA.2.86 lineage because it has 36 mutations that distinguish it from the currently-dominant XBB.1.5 variant.

CDC, however, said virus samples are not yet broadly available for more reliable laboratory testing of antibodies.

The agency had earlier this month said it was tracking the highly mutated BA.2.86 lineage, which has been detected in the United States, Denmark and Israel.

CDC said on Wednesday the current increase in hospitalizations in the United States is not likely driven by the BA.2.86 lineage.

 

[laksaboy]

They are doing everything they can to convince the dumb sheeple that the 'vaccines' are not bioweapons designed to cull useless eaters, pushing the blame on some mythical 'variant' that inexplicably only targets the vaxtards.

 

[ODACHEK]

Not true, i kena covid in 2022 july until now not wearing mask, still never kena any flu or covid. Me only 2X Sinopharm, my friends and relatives with mRNA kena flu many times after kena covid.

 

[Loofydralb]

Just another yarn spun to make you take another dose of poison mRNA.