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Dangerously Mutated COVID Variant Detected in 47 U.S. States

Anew COVID variant that infected vaccinated residents and staff at a Kentucky nursing home has been detected in 47 U.S. states, according to data.

The R.1 variant spread through 45 residents and staff at the nursing home after an unvaccinated staff member triggered the infections in March, the Kentucky Department of Public Health revealed.

Due to its mutation, the variant, first detected in Japan, was able to bypass the antibody protection present in the fully vaccinated.

According to Outbreak.info, a website that collects data on COVID variants, as of September 21, R.1 has now infected more than 10,567 people around the world and has been detected in 47 states.

Maryland was found to have the highest number of cases, with 399 cases being detected since it was first found in the country.

In total, 2,259 Americans have been found with the R.1 strain which was first detected in the country on March 15, 2020. The latest case to be detected in the U.S. was on August 6 and was found in 0.5 percent of cases.

Outbreak.info also reported the strain has been found in at least 31 countries worldwide, including China, India and many nations in western Europe.

Despite the low number of infections, former Harvard Medical School professor William A. Haseltine said the new mutations found in the R.1 variant could help it spread more easily.

Writing in Forbes, Haseltine said the five variations found in R.1 can lead to "increased resistance to antibodies."

This means it could make the variant better at evading those antibodies that are created by having the vaccine and in those who have already been infected.

R.1 contains the W152L mutation in a region of the spike protein that is the target of antibodies that could reduce their effectiveness, according to the CDC.

The W152L mutation was also present in a minor variant of the Delta strain that was detected in India.

R.1 also shares a mutation with other variants, namely C241U, NSP12: P323L and D614G. D614G causes increased infections while it is not known what effect the other two have. All three mutations have been detected in strains that superseded the original Wuhan strain.

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by Anonymousreply 50September 25, 2021 2:46 PM

It's like porn for some DLers.

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by Anonymousreply 1September 22, 2021 7:44 PM

COVID, the gift that keeps on giving ...

by Anonymousreply 2September 22, 2021 7:45 PM

Irresponsible "journalism". NO mention of prognosis for those with this virus. Vaccinated or unvaccinated. Nothing. This is complete GARBAGE click bait.

by Anonymousreply 3September 22, 2021 7:45 PM

"The good news is that, despite the breakthrough infections, vaccination was associated with decreased likelihood of infection and symptomatic illness among both patients and staff. Furthermore, R.1 does not seem to be outcompeting — and thus be more transmissible than — Delta. As of April 22, the CDC indicated just 1,125 cases of R.1 in the U.S. According to Forbes, there are now over 10,000 recorded instances of the variant. But those numbers pale in comparison to the millions of Delta cases."

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by Anonymousreply 4September 22, 2021 7:46 PM

"Hold me, David!!"

by Anonymousreply 5September 22, 2021 7:49 PM

Kentucky? Did they name it the Rand Paul Variant?

by Anonymousreply 6September 22, 2021 7:49 PM

There are many folks who don't want this story to end, being heavily mentally invested in it.

by Anonymousreply 7September 22, 2021 7:50 PM

R.1? Wtf? Where is the catchy Greek nickname?

by Anonymousreply 8September 22, 2021 7:53 PM

Newsweek...

by Anonymousreply 9September 22, 2021 7:54 PM

R4 thank you. Newsweek couldn't be fucked to include that essential info.

by Anonymousreply 10September 22, 2021 7:57 PM

Hopefully this means I can keep working from home.

by Anonymousreply 11September 22, 2021 7:59 PM

I have found that pretty much every variant gets clobbered by Delta. Lets hope Delta is it, because if it is, one or the other and not so long from now, it will really start hitting brick walls in North America, at least.

by Anonymousreply 12September 22, 2021 8:00 PM

I hope they call it Covid-KY.

by Anonymousreply 13September 22, 2021 8:06 PM

Stop trying to fucking scaremonger people.

by Anonymousreply 14September 22, 2021 8:25 PM

^ Amen.

by Anonymousreply 15September 22, 2021 8:30 PM

Also by the "reporter" who brought you this story: McDonald's Sued After Worker, 14, Allegedly Raped by Manager

Dead Woman Found in Freezer Revealed to be Former Homicide Detective

'Cannibal' Who Castrated Man at Cabin in the Woods Is Jailed

Man Survives Rabid Attack by Wild Beaver Covering Body in Bites, Scratches

I'm not kidding. That's what you get these days from Newsweek.

by Anonymousreply 16September 22, 2021 8:36 PM
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by Anonymousreply 17September 22, 2021 8:39 PM

[quote]the R.1 strain which was first detected in the country on March 15, 2020

BREAKING NEWS

by Anonymousreply 18September 22, 2021 8:40 PM

Walk briskly for your lives!

by Anonymousreply 19September 22, 2021 8:44 PM

I’ll bet you he knows where Elvis is though, R16!

by Anonymousreply 20September 22, 2021 8:49 PM

Counting my rolls of toilet paper and paper towels now, while I type through my tears.

Why is all the news so depressing?

by Anonymousreply 21September 22, 2021 9:00 PM

Thank you R16. Incredible but true. PURE SHITE

by Anonymousreply 22September 22, 2021 10:10 PM

Is there a source other than the right wing tabloid Newsweek?

Note it got sold awhile back and its quality has since... fallen.

by Anonymousreply 23September 22, 2021 10:37 PM

Maybe we should all try to get Delta because it seems relatively benign compared to the crazy things that are coming down the pike

by Anonymousreply 24September 23, 2021 2:42 PM

Don’t care. I got the shot. And what happened to the Mu variant?

by Anonymousreply 25September 23, 2021 2:55 PM

And what happened to Lamda?

I guess Delta attacks so efficiently that the others can't get a foothold.

by Anonymousreply 26September 23, 2021 3:35 PM

Lambda is gay, so of course the media didn’t cover it.

by Anonymousreply 27September 23, 2021 4:00 PM

[quote]I have found that pretty much every variant gets clobbered by Delta.

I know the feeling.

by Anonymousreply 28September 23, 2021 4:05 PM

[quote]an unvaccinated staff member triggered the infections

I know it’s Kentucky but I’m still surprised that there was an unvaccinated employee in a nursing home.

by Anonymousreply 29September 23, 2021 4:10 PM

[quote]Maybe we should all try to get Delta because it seems relatively benign compared to the crazy things that are coming down the pike

Just look for a covid party near you.

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by Anonymousreply 30September 23, 2021 4:15 PM

Are those BYOC, or…?

by Anonymousreply 31September 23, 2021 4:28 PM

Not everyone is on the doom and gloom train:

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by Anonymousreply 32September 23, 2021 4:35 PM

Un unvaxxed worker gave it others? Why are unvaxxex medical workers allowed to work at all?

by Anonymousreply 33September 23, 2021 5:02 PM

[quote]The R.1 variant

R1s are always such cunts.

by Anonymousreply 34September 23, 2021 5:07 PM

[quote]There are many folks who don't want this story to end, being heavily mentally invested in it.

Troll narrative. R7, you talk like you think the Covid pandemic is past, and that people trying to stay informed about it are being needlessly irrational.

Eleven WWs, wow. Sock much?

by Anonymousreply 35September 23, 2021 5:20 PM

Hard to deny many many people are invested in COVID. Just look at media and politicians, for starters. It's not only misanthropic lonely bitter cranky eldergay shut-ins who are invested.

by Anonymousreply 36September 23, 2021 8:56 PM

Face it girls...it's the beginning of the end of our species.

by Anonymousreply 37September 23, 2021 10:08 PM

Worse than Mu?

by Anonymousreply 38September 23, 2021 10:11 PM

Which is why I'm glad I'm old.

by Anonymousreply 39September 23, 2021 10:12 PM

What would the DL do without daily updates from covid MARY!?

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by Anonymousreply 40September 23, 2021 10:15 PM

R36, Of course people are invested in Covid—It’s a pandemic that has killed 600k Americans and affected countless others—what should we be talking about instead?

by Anonymousreply 41September 24, 2021 4:25 PM

R42, The world is over Covid . They won’t tolerate anymore nonsense

by Anonymousreply 42September 24, 2021 5:44 PM

The snark on DL is that shut-in aspie DLers with no friends and a horror for social interactions even of the most mundane variety, are "invested" in medical experts advising people to distance socially and reduce any contacts. Even if it's bad advice. Because this gives them an excuse to stay isolated, rather than treating their psychological problems, phobias, and general misanthropy.

by Anonymousreply 43September 24, 2021 6:14 PM

[quote]Stop trying to fucking scaremonger people

Should just be "scare." "Monger" = the person who does it. Like a fishmonger, one who sells fish.

by Anonymousreply 44September 24, 2021 6:22 PM

It's not Project Fear, it's Project Here!

by Anonymousreply 45September 24, 2021 9:02 PM

R43,I think you are right .

by Anonymousreply 46September 24, 2021 11:00 PM
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by Anonymousreply 47September 25, 2021 12:41 PM

Every time you see this kind of story, the first question you need to ask is, What happens to the vaccinated people that catch this strain of the virus?

The primary purpose of the vaccines is to keep you from getting sick enough to need hospitalisation and to protect you from death. If a new strain is not killing vaccinated people or putting them in hospital (frail-aged possibly excluded), then don't get hysterical.

It is likely that most people will end up catching Covid in the long run, just like they catch colds and flu, but if the vaccines work properly it'll just be a few days off work. If that. A new strain which will have that effect is nothing to worry about.

But we should all be focussed on getting developing countries vaccinated ASAP, partly so they don't incubate new strains and partly so that white travellers don't spread disease among unvaccinated populations in our time-honored manner when the planes are in full action again. FYI, they're unvaccinated because they can't afford the vaccines, not because they don't want to.

by Anonymousreply 48September 25, 2021 2:24 PM

The WHO isn’t even concerned enough about it to give it a Greek letter yet. This is just scaremongering for those looking for reasons to stay hidden under their bed. Get the vaccine and go live your lives, FFS.

by Anonymousreply 49September 25, 2021 2:37 PM

I checked the stats for the week and for September in Switzerland where I work and live 1/2 time. All infections are DELTA. No there variant present. Also infections, hospitalizations and deaths are falling. And Switzerland has shitty vaccination rates, below USA.

by Anonymousreply 50September 25, 2021 2:46 PM
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