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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p>Global <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/COVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COVID</span></a> monitoring is crashing as BA.2.86 <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/COVIDvariant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COVIDvariant</span></a> raises alarm<br>The number of mutations in <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/BA2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BA2</span></a>.86's critical <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/spikeprotein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spikeprotein</span></a> is over 30, rivaling the number seen in the original omicron subvariant, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/BA1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BA1</span></a>, which went on to cause a tidal wave of cases and hospitalizations. The spike mutations appear geared toward evading neutralizing <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/antibody" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antibody</span></a> protections built up from past infections and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/vaccinations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccinations</span></a>. <br>"This is on the shoulders of governments right now." <a href="https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/08/global-covid-monitoring-is-crashing-as-ba-2-86-variant-raises-alarm/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/health/2023/08</span><span class="invisible">/global-covid-monitoring-is-crashing-as-ba-2-86-variant-raises-alarm/</span></a></p>
Leigh Dodds<p>We&#39;ve had a good couple of inches of snow, and it&#39;s still snowing <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/uksnow" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>uksnow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/ba2" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ba2</span></a></p>
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