A leading American scientist has revealed how the new coronavirus variant has been temporarily transmitted around the world. Eric Feigl-Ding, an epidemiologist and fitness economist, said the US government agency, the CDC, is ignoring the threats of the new variant, which is to blame for the higher hospitalization rate.
The XBB. 1. 5 variant of the coronavirus has its roots in the northeastern United States and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has “cowardly” refused to admit it.
“The CDC knew that XBB. 1. 5 was particularly above 1% and had been emerging for weeks. They surely did nothing to warn the public,” Ding wrote on Twitter.
?It is spreading worldwide in just a few days. Let’s be transparent: the #XBB15 supervariant is a variant originating from the northeastern United States. The @CDCgov is cowardly for refusing to admit this. ?Watch the incredibly fast spread (animation via @Mike_Honey_). @CDCDirector would like to wake up. pic. twitter. com/QFRYYe2yJI
He added that four U. S. states are in the U. S. U. S. variants where the XBB. 1. 5 variant predominates have noted an increase in the hospitalization rate.
According to him, the new variant is “one of the most evasive variants, opposed to immunity (high evasion) and fusion with human cells (high binding to ACE2), the worst of both worlds. “
In addition, the XBB. 1. 5 Covid variant also has superior binding of ACE2 to human cells, conferring superior cellular infectivity, he added.
Ding said XBB. 1. 5 is a super variant because, “among the maximum immune ‘escape variants’ to date; one of the most productive variants to invade human ACE2 cells; It spreads much faster than the old XBB or BQ and causes hospitalizations everywhere. dominant”.
The subvariant XBB, of which -variant BA. 2.
“THE NEXT BIG ONE: The CDC has made a big mistake: Unpublished data shows that #XBB15, a super variant, has risen to 40% in the US (the CDC hasn’t been informed in weeks!) and now is causing a spike in hospitalizations in the Northeast. XBB15, a new recombinant strain, is more immune evasive and more effective at infecting than BQ and XBB,” he wrote.
Regionally, XBB. 1. 5 accounts for the majority of COVID-19 cases in the Northeast, accounting for 75% of cases in New England and the tri-state New York area, he added.
However, only a few cases of this new variant have been reported in India. Last week, a high-level meeting of Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya with top health officials regarding the emergence of the new sub-variants of Omicron concluded with the decision to keep masks and masks in the country. habits adapted to Covid.
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