Jay Pine ([personal profile] escorcher) wrote in [personal profile] ecosophia 2021-09-07 05:31 pm (UTC)

Variation on a Theme

If this article is to be believed, it looks like the most active iteration of Sars CoV-2 worldwide has moved on from just plain old Delta:

https://defyccc.com/delta-ay-3-ay-4/

Am guessing this is one step nearer more concerning potential vaccine protection issues. The continuation of the Mu iteration could 'up the ante' too, I guess, if any kind of combination was to happen between the two flavours.
Just a reminder, although vaccines may well push on the development of these iterations, there is also plenty of evidence that long haul treatment of immunocompromised individuals using plasma antibodies has done the same e.g.:

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20210831/Development-of-SARS-CoV-2-antibody-escape-variants-in-an-immunocompromised-individual.aspx

Arguably, it's likely it's this that has had a greater impact on the development of this disease up to now than vaccinations.

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