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[Anonymous]

BA.2

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/new-studies-bring-ba-2-variant-into-sharper-focus-1.5793134">https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavir ... -1.5793134">https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/new-studies-bring-ba-2-variant-into-sharper-focus-1.5793134





"The situation that we're seeing on the ground, and I get this from talking to a number of my colleagues who actually do the genomic surveillance, is BA.2 is kind of creeping up in terms of numbers, but it's not the meteoric rise that we saw with BA.1," said Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada.



That's because in many countries like the U.S., U.K., and Denmark, BA.2 has hit speed bumps left in its wake by BA.1, which was already very contagious.



"It's so soon after that initial BA.1 peak that you have a lot of people who were either vaccinated or boosted ... [or] got Omicron, and so right now all of those people will have relatively high titers of antibodies, neutralizing antibodies that will protect against infection," Rasmussen says.



The new studies are preprints, which means they were posted to an online library of medical research before being reviewed by outside experts and published in medical journals.



NO INCREASE IN HOSPITALIZATIONS

The first new study comes from South Africa, where BA.2 grew rapidly, rising from 27 per cent to 86 per cent of new COVID-19 infections over the course of a single week in February. Researchers looked at cases tied to more than 95,000 positive COVID-19 tests. Among these, roughly equal proportions of people were hospitalized for their infections -- roughly 3.6 per cent of people who had presumed BA.2 infections compared to 3.4 per cent of those with signs infections caused by BA.1.



After researchers accounted for things that might influence a person's risk of severe disease, such as older age, they found no difference in the risk for hospitalization between people infected by BA.1 and those infected by BA.2. Roughly one-quarter of people hospitalized with both BA.1 and BA.2 infections were fully vaccinated.



Those findings echo hospitalization studies from Denmark, where BA.2 is also the predominant cause of COVID-19 infections.



The lead researcher on the South African study, Dr. Nicole Wolter, says that while it's difficult to say how the South African experience with this variant may translate to other countries, what they're seeing from BA.2 after their fourth wave isn't a second peak, but a longer tail.

Old Herman is done with all the restrictions and mandates even if it does come roaring back.

We will see if it comes back as hard or worse as Delta.

[cc]

Hospitalizations  ( a far more accurate yardstick than cases) on a per 100,000 remains at close to 5 / 1 vaxxed vs unvaxxed here ..



 I have no regular  data on other areas, but can think of no reason why other areas  would not be about same

[Anonymous]

BA.2

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/new-studies-bring-ba-2-variant-into-sharper-focus-1.5793134">https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavir ... -1.5793134">https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/new-studies-bring-ba-2-variant-into-sharper-focus-1.5793134





"The situation that we're seeing on the ground, and I get this from talking to a number of my colleagues who actually do the genomic surveillance, is BA.2 is kind of creeping up in terms of numbers, but it's not the meteoric rise that we saw with BA.1," said Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada.



That's because in many countries like the U.S., U.K., and Denmark, BA.2 has hit speed bumps left in its wake by BA.1, which was already very contagious.



"It's so soon after that initial BA.1 peak that you have a lot of people who were either vaccinated or boosted ... [or] got Omicron, and so right now all of those people will have relatively high titers of antibodies, neutralizing antibodies that will protect against infection," Rasmussen says.



The new studies are preprints, which means they were posted to an online library of medical research before being reviewed by outside experts and published in medical journals.



NO INCREASE IN HOSPITALIZATIONS

The first new study comes from South Africa, where BA.2 grew rapidly, rising from 27 per cent to 86 per cent of new COVID-19 infections over the course of a single week in February. Researchers looked at cases tied to more than 95,000 positive COVID-19 tests. Among these, roughly equal proportions of people were hospitalized for their infections -- roughly 3.6 per cent of people who had presumed BA.2 infections compared to 3.4 per cent of those with signs infections caused by BA.1.



After researchers accounted for things that might influence a person's risk of severe disease, such as older age, they found no difference in the risk for hospitalization between people infected by BA.1 and those infected by BA.2. Roughly one-quarter of people hospitalized with both BA.1 and BA.2 infections were fully vaccinated.



Those findings echo hospitalization studies from Denmark, where BA.2 is also the predominant cause of COVID-19 infections.



The lead researcher on the South African study, Dr. Nicole Wolter, says that while it's difficult to say how the South African experience with this variant may translate to other countries, what they're seeing from BA.2 after their fourth wave isn't a second peak, but a longer tail.

Old Herman is done with all the restrictions and mandates even if it does come roaring back.

We will see if it comes back as hard or worse as Delta.

Meaning if shit gets real again everyone will go back to restrictions and what not?

[Anonymous]

BA.2

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/new-studies-bring-ba-2-variant-into-sharper-focus-1.5793134">https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavir ... -1.5793134">https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/new-studies-bring-ba-2-variant-into-sharper-focus-1.5793134





"The situation that we're seeing on the ground, and I get this from talking to a number of my colleagues who actually do the genomic surveillance, is BA.2 is kind of creeping up in terms of numbers, but it's not the meteoric rise that we saw with BA.1," said Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada.



That's because in many countries like the U.S., U.K., and Denmark, BA.2 has hit speed bumps left in its wake by BA.1, which was already very contagious.



"It's so soon after that initial BA.1 peak that you have a lot of people who were either vaccinated or boosted ... [or] got Omicron, and so right now all of those people will have relatively high titers of antibodies, neutralizing antibodies that will protect against infection," Rasmussen says.



The new studies are preprints, which means they were posted to an online library of medical research before being reviewed by outside experts and published in medical journals.



NO INCREASE IN HOSPITALIZATIONS

The first new study comes from South Africa, where BA.2 grew rapidly, rising from 27 per cent to 86 per cent of new COVID-19 infections over the course of a single week in February. Researchers looked at cases tied to more than 95,000 positive COVID-19 tests. Among these, roughly equal proportions of people were hospitalized for their infections -- roughly 3.6 per cent of people who had presumed BA.2 infections compared to 3.4 per cent of those with signs infections caused by BA.1.



After researchers accounted for things that might influence a person's risk of severe disease, such as older age, they found no difference in the risk for hospitalization between people infected by BA.1 and those infected by BA.2. Roughly one-quarter of people hospitalized with both BA.1 and BA.2 infections were fully vaccinated.



Those findings echo hospitalization studies from Denmark, where BA.2 is also the predominant cause of COVID-19 infections.



The lead researcher on the South African study, Dr. Nicole Wolter, says that while it's difficult to say how the South African experience with this variant may translate to other countries, what they're seeing from BA.2 after their fourth wave isn't a second peak, but a longer tail.

Old Herman is done with all the restrictions and mandates even if it does come roaring back.

We will see if it comes back as hard or worse as Delta.

Meaning if shit gets real again everyone will go back to restrictions and what not?

I don't know what the future of COVID will look like..



There could be a lot of people who may have to make changes they don't like.

[cc]

I don't know what the future of COVID will look like..



There could be a lot of people who may have to make changes they don't like.

That is beyond anyone's control and all comes down to a combination of hospitalizations and / or variant severity & transmissibility





Angus Reid Poll



https://angusreid.org/covid-19-two-year-anniversary/">Seven-in-ten believe Canada's health-care system is not well-prepared to handle a future pandemic



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[Anonymous]

I don't know what the future of COVID will look like..



There could be a lot of people who may have to make changes they don't like.

That is beyond anyone's control and all comes down to a combination of hospitalizations and / or variant severity & transmissibility





Angus Reid Poll



https://server9.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/slxv/smspdfivdr/p2/covid-19-two-year-anniversary/">Seven-in-ten believe Canada's health-care system is not well-prepared to handle a future pandemic



https://i0.wp.com/angusreid.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/word-image-10.png?w=570&ssl=1">

Those poll results mirror what I have seen.

[cc]

This morning BC just became one of the most regulation free provinces



No masks mandated as of tomorrow .. passports out soon etc. etc.  (we'll see if it lasts)

[cc]

So the mouthy goof in Calgary who is planning to  bomb Victoria with trucks will again make a silly fool of himself



Protest What??

[Anonymous]

This morning BC just became one of the most regulation free provinces



No masks mandated as of tomorrow .. passports out soon etc. etc.  (we'll see if it lasts)

I thought BC said they were going to keep all that?

[Anonymous]

So the mouthy goof in Calgary who is planning to  bomb Victoria with trucks will again make a silly fool of himself



Protest What??

Who?

[cc]

So the mouthy goof in Calgary who is planning to  bomb Victoria with trucks will again make a silly fool of himself



Protest What??

Who?

Maybe you didn't heard about it.



Some dork in Calgary is supposed to be getting together 100s of trucks, cars etc.  to invade Victoria next week.

[Anonymous]

So the mouthy goof in Calgary who is planning to  bomb Victoria with trucks will again make a silly fool of himself



Protest What??

Who?

Maybe you didn't heard about it.



Some dork in Calgary is supposed to be getting together 100s of trucks, cars etc.  to invade Victoria next week.

Now, I understand something you posted yesterday.

[cc]

https://www.todayinbc.com/news/mob-rule-wont-affect-b-c-s-covid-19-restrictions-minister-warns/">'Mob rule' won't affect B.C.'s COVID-19 restrictions, minister warns



Police monitoring what could be Victoria's biggest protest yet



As the latest and largest "freedom convoy" heads across Western Canada to converge on Victoria by Monday, B.C. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth says police are prepared to keep anti-vaccine mandate protests under control.



The capital has seen a series of horn-honking vehicle convoys circling the B.C. legislature on recent weekends, inspired by the recent occupation of downtown Ottawa, and a self-described organizer of the latest one has targeted Victoria for what he says is intended to "occupy" the downtown area for weeks or months. [cc Smirks] ac_smile



Police have ticketed vehicles for blasting their horns, enforcing a new city bylaw against excessive noise. Most weekdays, a small group of protesters calling for the end of mandates has waved flags and protest signs but has not blocked traffic.



But, but, but ... OOPS ..... There's nothing to protest  

[Anonymous]

https://server3.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/sruj/sllyulosek/spqr/p2/news/mob-rule-wont-affect-b-c-s-covid-19-restrictions-minister-warns/">'Mob rule' won't affect B.C.'s COVID-19 restrictions, minister warns



Police monitoring what could be Victoria's biggest protest yet



As the latest and largest "freedom convoy" heads across Western Canada to converge on Victoria by Monday, B.C. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth says police are prepared to keep anti-vaccine mandate protests under control.



The capital has seen a series of horn-honking vehicle convoys circling the B.C. legislature on recent weekends, inspired by the recent occupation of downtown Ottawa, and a self-described organizer of the latest one has targeted Victoria for what he says is intended to "occupy" the downtown area for weeks or months. [cc Smirks] ac_smile



Police have ticketed vehicles for blasting their horns, enforcing a new city bylaw against excessive noise. Most weekdays, a small group of protesters calling for the end of mandates has waved flags and protest signs but has not blocked traffic.



But, but, but ... OOPS ..... There's nothing to protest  

What is the point if the BC government is lifting all protocols.

[cc]

Horgan just suggested they



 "get a hobby ... something better to do than drive around in circles  honking their horns like idiots"