Comments

You must log in or register to comment.

OrbitalATK t1_iu73zij wrote

No shocker since most vaccines target the spike protein, there are more mutations in the spike protein to get around the protection offered from the vaccines.

26

Whoreson-senior t1_iu75fyt wrote

I think it's time for science to reclsssify what life is.

−19

secinvestor t1_iu7cze3 wrote

Now waiting for the BOGGLE variant

LOSER! You're a LOSER! Are you feeling sorry for yourself?! Well, you should be, because you are DIRT! You make me sick, you big baby! Baby want a bottle? A big, DIRT bottle?!

43

Kind_Bullfrog_4073 t1_iu7lggj wrote

We're onto the board game variants? Bet they'll skip Chinese Checkers

9

GaelinVenfiel t1_iu7ogkv wrote

More like Bingo variants.

The nice part is they can still use the same printer. Just replace Bingo with Covid.

Heck...maybe it would be popular in senior centers. "i've got COVID!" would have a new meaning....

1

fsr1967 t1_iu8adur wrote

The Centers for Gaming Control advise that if you get infected, you don't play Scrabble until after day 10 of your infection. At that point, if you continue to test positive (by pulling 7 tiles whose combined score is 20 or higher), you should wear a mask while playing. Only after testing negative twice, 48 hours apart, is it safe to stop wearing your mask.

9

WSL_subreddit_mod t1_iu8j3u1 wrote

Replying to OrbitalATK (#310,123)

The current mutations are derived from and still considered to be the Omicron variant.

I guess the issue I took with your comment was that you made it under an article about the current mutations, and that is the context under which it is read.

8

Bitter_Director1231 t1_iu8moae wrote

Wait till we get the treatment resistant and vaccine resistant strains. Then the fun will begin. /s

0

healthnotes34 t1_iu9wapy wrote

The term scrabble variants comes from these new omicron subvariants that contain letters worth a lot in scrabble like Q, F and X.

10

MakesCakesEatsMud t1_iua4aoo wrote

How does the new bivalent vaccine hold up against these variants?

Forgive me for omitting a lame board game joke.

16

OrbitalATK t1_iub0shj wrote

Replying to WSL_subreddit_mod (#310,646)

I guess I'll answer it, and not surprisingly, the answer is the spike protein. I wonder why.

> BQ.1* is a sublineage of BA.5, which carries spike mutations in some key antigenic sites, including K444T and N460K. In addition to these mutations, the sublineage BQ.1.1 carries an additional spike mutation in a key antigenic site (i.e. R346T).

https://www.who.int/news/item/27-10-2022-tag-ve-statement-on-omicron-sublineages-bq.1-and-xbb

2

MrBrian22 t1_iuc9e93 wrote

This time of year, I'd think Ouija variants, instead of Scrabble.

3

Bwembo t1_iud3sie wrote

I guess I will find out if my immune system can unscramble these variants. Been good so far and I am out in public all the time. This looks like new territory though.

1