It’s really time to just take the vaccine smh

The original omicron carries a "deletion" in the gene that codes for its spike protein, which the virus uses to infect cells. PCR tests for SARS-CoV-2 scan for several genes, including the spike protein gene, and when a variant carries this deletion, the PCR test displays an error that reads "S gene target failure." This error makes it easy to flag likely omicron cases and then run the samples

The BA.2 sublineage, however, does not carry this deletion, known as 69-70del, so it doesn't stand out on PCR tests from other variants that lack the deletion. A person with BA.2 will still test positive for the coronavirus on a PCR test, but their case won't be flagged as BA.2 unless their original sample goes through genetic sequencing.

"Don't get the impression that 'stealth omicron' means we can't detect it," Dr. S. Wesley Long, a pathologist at Houston Methodist in Texas, told The a*sociated Press (AP).

So far, stealth omicron has been detected in 40 countries, including the U.S., according to the AP. In general, BA.2 currently appears more common in Asia and Europe than on other continents.

The U.K. Health Security Agency has designated BA.2 as a "variant under investigation," in light of the country's rising number of BA.2 cases, although BA.1 remains dominant overall. In Denmark, the variant was responsible for 45% of COVID-19 cases in mid-January, up from 20% at the beginning of the month, the AP reported. And as of Monday (Jan. 24), BA.2 accounted for 65% of Denmark's new coronavirus cases, Anders Fomsgaard, a virologist at the State Serum Institute in Denmark, told The Washington Post. Overall, coronavirus cases are still increasing in Denmark.

In the U.S., BA.2 does not make up a similarly high proportion of coronavirus cases as seen in the U.K. and Denmark, James Musser, director of the Center for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research at Houston Methodist, told The Washington Post. Houston Methodist recently identified three BA.2 cases, but as of now, the sublineage hasn't gained much ground in the U.S., Long told the AP. The mutant has also been spotted in Connecticut and California, among other states, according to news reports.

I am your Huckleberry, why get vaxxed if it won't prevent the spread of Covid and Omicron spread more among the vaxxed than the unvaxxed?

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And the lab rats will beLIEve it too

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More Herman Cain Awards incoming

Lazy said More Herman Cain Awards incoming

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THEDONN said And the lab rats will beLIEve it too

Believe what

Eatsumcheese said

I feel u I’m sick of the strains

POSITIVITY said Believe what

The new variant they are scaring u with

U fu*kin imbecile

slapped OP for no source link

@ @

You know the drill

Bro said take the vax like it’s going to stop you from getting it lol

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I have had the flu and covid ...


Not even close to being the same

Sad thing is... i can tell yall failed the harder science classes easy

UzamakiSageMode said I have had the flu and covid ... Not even close to being the same Sad thing is... i can tell yall failed the harder science classes easy

How when most people either have those sentiments or are asymptomatic?

He failed science class b/c yo weak a*s vaxxed-up immune system couldn't handle the Rona?

UzamakiSageMode said I have had the flu and covid ... Not even close to being the same Sad thing is... i can tell yall failed the harder science classes easy

Glad you're still alive bro. that sh*ts k*lling 0.3% of everybody that gets it

Hopefully you didn't get long covided lol *pause

This is pimp my ride levels of parody ridiculousness

Yo dawg, I heard you like covid. So we gave you a boost on your booster so you can boost while you boost

Where’s that old UNCLE SAM poster…. We Want You!

Stealth Omnicron….. good thing I just purchased the new TaylorMade Stealth Driver to fukin seeeeeend eeeeettttttt

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Man I remember when the pandemic first kicked off I was having minor allergy issues , I thought it was about to be a wrap for me

THEDONN said The new variant they are scaring u with U fu*kin imbecile

This is a new one we don’t know anything about… one of these are going to be bad we’re going to have to lockdown again

Hopefully @ & @ get vaxxed @

S-Class said Man I remember when the pandemic first kicked off I was having minor allergy issues , I thought it was about to be a wrap for me

When it first started I would itch and thought I had corona

you fu*kin retard the current vaccines dont work against Omarion