Which animals are getting COVID-19? What are the implications for humans?
COVID Variants Infection and Spread
Lauren Hale, PhD MA
A. TL; DR. Many (but not all) non-human species are also getting COVID-19, although most go undiagnosed. The implication for humans is that these animals may serve as a reservoir for variants of the virus. Over the course of the pandemic, the Nerdy Girls have occasionally provided updates on various non-human species that have been …
Dear Pandemic Live Q&A 01-18-23
COVID Variants Infectious Diseases Masks Socializing Staying Safe Testing and Contact Tracing Videos
Chana Davis, PhD, Contributing Writer
Those Nerdy Girls deliver a New Year’s message from our CEO Dr. Ashley Ritter and also share advice on staying healthy during the tripledemic, including testing, masking, and more. Hosted by Those Nerdy Girls with: – Ashley Ritter, APRN, PhD:TNG CEO & Founding Member – Chana Davis, PhD: TNG Contributing Writer & Founder at Fueled …
¿Qué tanto debería preocuparme por la nueva variante XBB.1.5?
COVID Variants Posts en Español
Sandra Albrecht, PhD MPH
XBB.1.5 tiene una ventaja de transmisión, pero esto no lo convierte en una “súper variante” capaz de cambiar el juego. Mantenga la calma, anímese (y aumente las precauciones) y continúe. En esta etapa de la pandemia, se espera que nuevas variantes aparezcan. Las variantes surgen de errores aleatorios cuando los virus hacen copias de sí …
How concerned should I be about the new XBB.1.5 variant?
COVID Variants
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
XBB.1.5 has a transmission advantage, but this doesn’t make it a game-changing “super variant.” Keep calm, get boosted (and ramp-up precautions), and carry-on. At this stage of the pandemic, new variants are *guaranteed* to come and go. Variants arise from random errors as viruses make copies of itself. Most of these errors will be neutral …
Does Evusheld protect against the new COVID-19 subvariants?
COVID Variants
Sarah Whitley Coles, MD
A: The new Omicron subvariants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus are likely to be resistant to the monoclonal antibodies in Evusheld. It is especially important that people get the bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine to protect against infection. Evusheld is a combination of two monoclonal antibodies called tixagevimab and cilgavimab. It is used to PREVENT (not treat!) …
Tired of hearing about variants? Unfortunately they are here to stay.
COVID Variants Videos
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
“The SARS-CoV-2 virus is going to keep evolving, and that means that different versions of the virus will keep emerging, become dominant, and then get outpaced by a different variant. Part of this has to do with what’s called “immune escape,” or “immune evasion.” That’s not unique to this coronavirus, of course. Other viruses that …
Algunas personas dicen que las vacunas tienen la culpa del desarrollo de variantes. ¿Es esto cierto?
COVID Variants Posts en Español
Sandra Albrecht, PhD MPH
✅No. Las vacunas no producen nuevas variantes. Mientras el virus continúe propagándose, se esperan nuevas variantes. Analicemos la genética para averiguar por qué. ❓ ¿Qué son las mutaciones y por qué ocurren? Una mutación genética es un cambio en el genoma de un organismo. Cada organismo tiene un genoma que contiene instrucciones para producir proteínas …
Have BA.5 cases peaked? That means it’s all downhill from here, right?
COVID Variants Infection and Spread
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
A: Sort of…. Remember that even if cases come down as quickly as they rise, there will be as many cases *after* the peak as before (think area under the curve!). In the U.S. there is some indication that hospitalizations during this BA.5 wave have peaked. Since hospitalizations are a lagging indicator of infections, this …
Where do new variants come from?
COVID Variants
Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD
BA.1, BA.2, BA.3, BA.4, BA.5… while we’re all getting lost in an alphanumeric soup, it’s important to understand why we continue to see new variants. Some have speculated vaccines are to blame, arguing that vaccination itself drives the development of variants. Is this true? Vaccinations do not produce new variants. Thankfully, no. Variants are not …
¿Su riesgo de COVID prolongado difiere según la variante?
COVID Variants Data and Metrics Posts en Español
Aparna Kumar, PhD CRNP MPH
Dos estudios recientes apuntan a que sí. Punto Breve; Entre las personas vacunadas, las probabilidades de presentar COVID Prolongado fueron menores para la variante Ómicron BA.1 en comparación con Delta; pero a su vez, fueron más altas para la sub variante BA.2 de Ómicron que para la BA.1. Estudio #1 En el Reino Unido, un …
A. TL; DR. Many (but not all) non-human species are also getting COVID-19, although most go undiagnosed. The implication for humans is that these animals may serve as a reservoir for variants of the virus. Over the course of the pandemic, the Nerdy Girls have occasionally provided updates on various non-human species that have been …
Dear Pandemic Live Q&A 01-18-23
COVID Variants Infectious Diseases Masks Socializing Staying Safe Testing and Contact Tracing VideosChana Davis, PhD, Contributing Writer
Those Nerdy Girls deliver a New Year’s message from our CEO Dr. Ashley Ritter and also share advice on staying healthy during the tripledemic, including testing, masking, and more. Hosted by Those Nerdy Girls with: – Ashley Ritter, APRN, PhD:TNG CEO & Founding Member – Chana Davis, PhD: TNG Contributing Writer & Founder at Fueled …
¿Qué tanto debería preocuparme por la nueva variante XBB.1.5?
COVID Variants Posts en Español
Sandra Albrecht, PhD MPH
XBB.1.5 tiene una ventaja de transmisión, pero esto no lo convierte en una “súper variante” capaz de cambiar el juego. Mantenga la calma, anímese (y aumente las precauciones) y continúe. En esta etapa de la pandemia, se espera que nuevas variantes aparezcan. Las variantes surgen de errores aleatorios cuando los virus hacen copias de sí …
How concerned should I be about the new XBB.1.5 variant?
COVID Variants
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
XBB.1.5 has a transmission advantage, but this doesn’t make it a game-changing “super variant.” Keep calm, get boosted (and ramp-up precautions), and carry-on. At this stage of the pandemic, new variants are *guaranteed* to come and go. Variants arise from random errors as viruses make copies of itself. Most of these errors will be neutral …
Does Evusheld protect against the new COVID-19 subvariants?
COVID Variants
Sarah Whitley Coles, MD
A: The new Omicron subvariants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus are likely to be resistant to the monoclonal antibodies in Evusheld. It is especially important that people get the bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine to protect against infection. Evusheld is a combination of two monoclonal antibodies called tixagevimab and cilgavimab. It is used to PREVENT (not treat!) …
Tired of hearing about variants? Unfortunately they are here to stay.
COVID Variants Videos
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
“The SARS-CoV-2 virus is going to keep evolving, and that means that different versions of the virus will keep emerging, become dominant, and then get outpaced by a different variant. Part of this has to do with what’s called “immune escape,” or “immune evasion.” That’s not unique to this coronavirus, of course. Other viruses that …
Algunas personas dicen que las vacunas tienen la culpa del desarrollo de variantes. ¿Es esto cierto?
COVID Variants Posts en Español
Sandra Albrecht, PhD MPH
✅No. Las vacunas no producen nuevas variantes. Mientras el virus continúe propagándose, se esperan nuevas variantes. Analicemos la genética para averiguar por qué. ❓ ¿Qué son las mutaciones y por qué ocurren? Una mutación genética es un cambio en el genoma de un organismo. Cada organismo tiene un genoma que contiene instrucciones para producir proteínas …
Have BA.5 cases peaked? That means it’s all downhill from here, right?
COVID Variants Infection and Spread
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
A: Sort of…. Remember that even if cases come down as quickly as they rise, there will be as many cases *after* the peak as before (think area under the curve!). In the U.S. there is some indication that hospitalizations during this BA.5 wave have peaked. Since hospitalizations are a lagging indicator of infections, this …
Where do new variants come from?
COVID Variants
Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD
BA.1, BA.2, BA.3, BA.4, BA.5… while we’re all getting lost in an alphanumeric soup, it’s important to understand why we continue to see new variants. Some have speculated vaccines are to blame, arguing that vaccination itself drives the development of variants. Is this true? Vaccinations do not produce new variants. Thankfully, no. Variants are not …
¿Su riesgo de COVID prolongado difiere según la variante?
COVID Variants Data and Metrics Posts en Español
Aparna Kumar, PhD CRNP MPH
Dos estudios recientes apuntan a que sí. Punto Breve; Entre las personas vacunadas, las probabilidades de presentar COVID Prolongado fueron menores para la variante Ómicron BA.1 en comparación con Delta; pero a su vez, fueron más altas para la sub variante BA.2 de Ómicron que para la BA.1. Estudio #1 En el Reino Unido, un …
Those Nerdy Girls deliver a New Year’s message from our CEO Dr. Ashley Ritter and also share advice on staying healthy during the tripledemic, including testing, masking, and more. Hosted by Those Nerdy Girls with: – Ashley Ritter, APRN, PhD:TNG CEO & Founding Member – Chana Davis, PhD: TNG Contributing Writer & Founder at Fueled …
¿Qué tanto debería preocuparme por la nueva variante XBB.1.5?
COVID Variants Posts en EspañolSandra Albrecht, PhD MPH
XBB.1.5 tiene una ventaja de transmisión, pero esto no lo convierte en una “súper variante” capaz de cambiar el juego. Mantenga la calma, anímese (y aumente las precauciones) y continúe. En esta etapa de la pandemia, se espera que nuevas variantes aparezcan. Las variantes surgen de errores aleatorios cuando los virus hacen copias de sí …
How concerned should I be about the new XBB.1.5 variant?
COVID Variants
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
XBB.1.5 has a transmission advantage, but this doesn’t make it a game-changing “super variant.” Keep calm, get boosted (and ramp-up precautions), and carry-on. At this stage of the pandemic, new variants are *guaranteed* to come and go. Variants arise from random errors as viruses make copies of itself. Most of these errors will be neutral …
Does Evusheld protect against the new COVID-19 subvariants?
COVID Variants
Sarah Whitley Coles, MD
A: The new Omicron subvariants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus are likely to be resistant to the monoclonal antibodies in Evusheld. It is especially important that people get the bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine to protect against infection. Evusheld is a combination of two monoclonal antibodies called tixagevimab and cilgavimab. It is used to PREVENT (not treat!) …
Tired of hearing about variants? Unfortunately they are here to stay.
COVID Variants Videos
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
“The SARS-CoV-2 virus is going to keep evolving, and that means that different versions of the virus will keep emerging, become dominant, and then get outpaced by a different variant. Part of this has to do with what’s called “immune escape,” or “immune evasion.” That’s not unique to this coronavirus, of course. Other viruses that …
Algunas personas dicen que las vacunas tienen la culpa del desarrollo de variantes. ¿Es esto cierto?
COVID Variants Posts en Español
Sandra Albrecht, PhD MPH
✅No. Las vacunas no producen nuevas variantes. Mientras el virus continúe propagándose, se esperan nuevas variantes. Analicemos la genética para averiguar por qué. ❓ ¿Qué son las mutaciones y por qué ocurren? Una mutación genética es un cambio en el genoma de un organismo. Cada organismo tiene un genoma que contiene instrucciones para producir proteínas …
Have BA.5 cases peaked? That means it’s all downhill from here, right?
COVID Variants Infection and Spread
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
A: Sort of…. Remember that even if cases come down as quickly as they rise, there will be as many cases *after* the peak as before (think area under the curve!). In the U.S. there is some indication that hospitalizations during this BA.5 wave have peaked. Since hospitalizations are a lagging indicator of infections, this …
Where do new variants come from?
COVID Variants
Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD
BA.1, BA.2, BA.3, BA.4, BA.5… while we’re all getting lost in an alphanumeric soup, it’s important to understand why we continue to see new variants. Some have speculated vaccines are to blame, arguing that vaccination itself drives the development of variants. Is this true? Vaccinations do not produce new variants. Thankfully, no. Variants are not …
¿Su riesgo de COVID prolongado difiere según la variante?
COVID Variants Data and Metrics Posts en Español
Aparna Kumar, PhD CRNP MPH
Dos estudios recientes apuntan a que sí. Punto Breve; Entre las personas vacunadas, las probabilidades de presentar COVID Prolongado fueron menores para la variante Ómicron BA.1 en comparación con Delta; pero a su vez, fueron más altas para la sub variante BA.2 de Ómicron que para la BA.1. Estudio #1 En el Reino Unido, un …
XBB.1.5 tiene una ventaja de transmisión, pero esto no lo convierte en una “súper variante” capaz de cambiar el juego. Mantenga la calma, anímese (y aumente las precauciones) y continúe. En esta etapa de la pandemia, se espera que nuevas variantes aparezcan. Las variantes surgen de errores aleatorios cuando los virus hacen copias de sí …
How concerned should I be about the new XBB.1.5 variant?
COVID VariantsJennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
XBB.1.5 has a transmission advantage, but this doesn’t make it a game-changing “super variant.” Keep calm, get boosted (and ramp-up precautions), and carry-on. At this stage of the pandemic, new variants are *guaranteed* to come and go. Variants arise from random errors as viruses make copies of itself. Most of these errors will be neutral …
Does Evusheld protect against the new COVID-19 subvariants?
COVID Variants
Sarah Whitley Coles, MD
A: The new Omicron subvariants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus are likely to be resistant to the monoclonal antibodies in Evusheld. It is especially important that people get the bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine to protect against infection. Evusheld is a combination of two monoclonal antibodies called tixagevimab and cilgavimab. It is used to PREVENT (not treat!) …
Tired of hearing about variants? Unfortunately they are here to stay.
COVID Variants Videos
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
“The SARS-CoV-2 virus is going to keep evolving, and that means that different versions of the virus will keep emerging, become dominant, and then get outpaced by a different variant. Part of this has to do with what’s called “immune escape,” or “immune evasion.” That’s not unique to this coronavirus, of course. Other viruses that …
Algunas personas dicen que las vacunas tienen la culpa del desarrollo de variantes. ¿Es esto cierto?
COVID Variants Posts en Español
Sandra Albrecht, PhD MPH
✅No. Las vacunas no producen nuevas variantes. Mientras el virus continúe propagándose, se esperan nuevas variantes. Analicemos la genética para averiguar por qué. ❓ ¿Qué son las mutaciones y por qué ocurren? Una mutación genética es un cambio en el genoma de un organismo. Cada organismo tiene un genoma que contiene instrucciones para producir proteínas …
Have BA.5 cases peaked? That means it’s all downhill from here, right?
COVID Variants Infection and Spread
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
A: Sort of…. Remember that even if cases come down as quickly as they rise, there will be as many cases *after* the peak as before (think area under the curve!). In the U.S. there is some indication that hospitalizations during this BA.5 wave have peaked. Since hospitalizations are a lagging indicator of infections, this …
Where do new variants come from?
COVID Variants
Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD
BA.1, BA.2, BA.3, BA.4, BA.5… while we’re all getting lost in an alphanumeric soup, it’s important to understand why we continue to see new variants. Some have speculated vaccines are to blame, arguing that vaccination itself drives the development of variants. Is this true? Vaccinations do not produce new variants. Thankfully, no. Variants are not …
¿Su riesgo de COVID prolongado difiere según la variante?
COVID Variants Data and Metrics Posts en Español
Aparna Kumar, PhD CRNP MPH
Dos estudios recientes apuntan a que sí. Punto Breve; Entre las personas vacunadas, las probabilidades de presentar COVID Prolongado fueron menores para la variante Ómicron BA.1 en comparación con Delta; pero a su vez, fueron más altas para la sub variante BA.2 de Ómicron que para la BA.1. Estudio #1 En el Reino Unido, un …
XBB.1.5 has a transmission advantage, but this doesn’t make it a game-changing “super variant.” Keep calm, get boosted (and ramp-up precautions), and carry-on. At this stage of the pandemic, new variants are *guaranteed* to come and go. Variants arise from random errors as viruses make copies of itself. Most of these errors will be neutral …
Does Evusheld protect against the new COVID-19 subvariants?
COVID VariantsSarah Whitley Coles, MD
A: The new Omicron subvariants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus are likely to be resistant to the monoclonal antibodies in Evusheld. It is especially important that people get the bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine to protect against infection. Evusheld is a combination of two monoclonal antibodies called tixagevimab and cilgavimab. It is used to PREVENT (not treat!) …
Tired of hearing about variants? Unfortunately they are here to stay.
COVID Variants Videos
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
“The SARS-CoV-2 virus is going to keep evolving, and that means that different versions of the virus will keep emerging, become dominant, and then get outpaced by a different variant. Part of this has to do with what’s called “immune escape,” or “immune evasion.” That’s not unique to this coronavirus, of course. Other viruses that …
Algunas personas dicen que las vacunas tienen la culpa del desarrollo de variantes. ¿Es esto cierto?
COVID Variants Posts en Español
Sandra Albrecht, PhD MPH
✅No. Las vacunas no producen nuevas variantes. Mientras el virus continúe propagándose, se esperan nuevas variantes. Analicemos la genética para averiguar por qué. ❓ ¿Qué son las mutaciones y por qué ocurren? Una mutación genética es un cambio en el genoma de un organismo. Cada organismo tiene un genoma que contiene instrucciones para producir proteínas …
Have BA.5 cases peaked? That means it’s all downhill from here, right?
COVID Variants Infection and Spread
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
A: Sort of…. Remember that even if cases come down as quickly as they rise, there will be as many cases *after* the peak as before (think area under the curve!). In the U.S. there is some indication that hospitalizations during this BA.5 wave have peaked. Since hospitalizations are a lagging indicator of infections, this …
Where do new variants come from?
COVID Variants
Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD
BA.1, BA.2, BA.3, BA.4, BA.5… while we’re all getting lost in an alphanumeric soup, it’s important to understand why we continue to see new variants. Some have speculated vaccines are to blame, arguing that vaccination itself drives the development of variants. Is this true? Vaccinations do not produce new variants. Thankfully, no. Variants are not …
¿Su riesgo de COVID prolongado difiere según la variante?
COVID Variants Data and Metrics Posts en Español
Aparna Kumar, PhD CRNP MPH
Dos estudios recientes apuntan a que sí. Punto Breve; Entre las personas vacunadas, las probabilidades de presentar COVID Prolongado fueron menores para la variante Ómicron BA.1 en comparación con Delta; pero a su vez, fueron más altas para la sub variante BA.2 de Ómicron que para la BA.1. Estudio #1 En el Reino Unido, un …
A: The new Omicron subvariants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus are likely to be resistant to the monoclonal antibodies in Evusheld. It is especially important that people get the bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine to protect against infection. Evusheld is a combination of two monoclonal antibodies called tixagevimab and cilgavimab. It is used to PREVENT (not treat!) …
Tired of hearing about variants? Unfortunately they are here to stay.
COVID Variants VideosJennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
“The SARS-CoV-2 virus is going to keep evolving, and that means that different versions of the virus will keep emerging, become dominant, and then get outpaced by a different variant. Part of this has to do with what’s called “immune escape,” or “immune evasion.” That’s not unique to this coronavirus, of course. Other viruses that …
Algunas personas dicen que las vacunas tienen la culpa del desarrollo de variantes. ¿Es esto cierto?
COVID Variants Posts en Español
Sandra Albrecht, PhD MPH
✅No. Las vacunas no producen nuevas variantes. Mientras el virus continúe propagándose, se esperan nuevas variantes. Analicemos la genética para averiguar por qué. ❓ ¿Qué son las mutaciones y por qué ocurren? Una mutación genética es un cambio en el genoma de un organismo. Cada organismo tiene un genoma que contiene instrucciones para producir proteínas …
Have BA.5 cases peaked? That means it’s all downhill from here, right?
COVID Variants Infection and Spread
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
A: Sort of…. Remember that even if cases come down as quickly as they rise, there will be as many cases *after* the peak as before (think area under the curve!). In the U.S. there is some indication that hospitalizations during this BA.5 wave have peaked. Since hospitalizations are a lagging indicator of infections, this …
Where do new variants come from?
COVID Variants
Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD
BA.1, BA.2, BA.3, BA.4, BA.5… while we’re all getting lost in an alphanumeric soup, it’s important to understand why we continue to see new variants. Some have speculated vaccines are to blame, arguing that vaccination itself drives the development of variants. Is this true? Vaccinations do not produce new variants. Thankfully, no. Variants are not …
¿Su riesgo de COVID prolongado difiere según la variante?
COVID Variants Data and Metrics Posts en Español
Aparna Kumar, PhD CRNP MPH
Dos estudios recientes apuntan a que sí. Punto Breve; Entre las personas vacunadas, las probabilidades de presentar COVID Prolongado fueron menores para la variante Ómicron BA.1 en comparación con Delta; pero a su vez, fueron más altas para la sub variante BA.2 de Ómicron que para la BA.1. Estudio #1 En el Reino Unido, un …
“The SARS-CoV-2 virus is going to keep evolving, and that means that different versions of the virus will keep emerging, become dominant, and then get outpaced by a different variant. Part of this has to do with what’s called “immune escape,” or “immune evasion.” That’s not unique to this coronavirus, of course. Other viruses that …
Algunas personas dicen que las vacunas tienen la culpa del desarrollo de variantes. ¿Es esto cierto?
COVID Variants Posts en EspañolSandra Albrecht, PhD MPH
✅No. Las vacunas no producen nuevas variantes. Mientras el virus continúe propagándose, se esperan nuevas variantes. Analicemos la genética para averiguar por qué. ❓ ¿Qué son las mutaciones y por qué ocurren? Una mutación genética es un cambio en el genoma de un organismo. Cada organismo tiene un genoma que contiene instrucciones para producir proteínas …
Have BA.5 cases peaked? That means it’s all downhill from here, right?
COVID Variants Infection and Spread
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
A: Sort of…. Remember that even if cases come down as quickly as they rise, there will be as many cases *after* the peak as before (think area under the curve!). In the U.S. there is some indication that hospitalizations during this BA.5 wave have peaked. Since hospitalizations are a lagging indicator of infections, this …
Where do new variants come from?
COVID Variants
Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD
BA.1, BA.2, BA.3, BA.4, BA.5… while we’re all getting lost in an alphanumeric soup, it’s important to understand why we continue to see new variants. Some have speculated vaccines are to blame, arguing that vaccination itself drives the development of variants. Is this true? Vaccinations do not produce new variants. Thankfully, no. Variants are not …
¿Su riesgo de COVID prolongado difiere según la variante?
COVID Variants Data and Metrics Posts en Español
Aparna Kumar, PhD CRNP MPH
Dos estudios recientes apuntan a que sí. Punto Breve; Entre las personas vacunadas, las probabilidades de presentar COVID Prolongado fueron menores para la variante Ómicron BA.1 en comparación con Delta; pero a su vez, fueron más altas para la sub variante BA.2 de Ómicron que para la BA.1. Estudio #1 En el Reino Unido, un …
✅No. Las vacunas no producen nuevas variantes. Mientras el virus continúe propagándose, se esperan nuevas variantes. Analicemos la genética para averiguar por qué. ❓ ¿Qué son las mutaciones y por qué ocurren? Una mutación genética es un cambio en el genoma de un organismo. Cada organismo tiene un genoma que contiene instrucciones para producir proteínas …
Have BA.5 cases peaked? That means it’s all downhill from here, right?
COVID Variants Infection and SpreadJennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
A: Sort of…. Remember that even if cases come down as quickly as they rise, there will be as many cases *after* the peak as before (think area under the curve!). In the U.S. there is some indication that hospitalizations during this BA.5 wave have peaked. Since hospitalizations are a lagging indicator of infections, this …
Where do new variants come from?
COVID Variants
Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD
BA.1, BA.2, BA.3, BA.4, BA.5… while we’re all getting lost in an alphanumeric soup, it’s important to understand why we continue to see new variants. Some have speculated vaccines are to blame, arguing that vaccination itself drives the development of variants. Is this true? Vaccinations do not produce new variants. Thankfully, no. Variants are not …
¿Su riesgo de COVID prolongado difiere según la variante?
COVID Variants Data and Metrics Posts en Español
Aparna Kumar, PhD CRNP MPH
Dos estudios recientes apuntan a que sí. Punto Breve; Entre las personas vacunadas, las probabilidades de presentar COVID Prolongado fueron menores para la variante Ómicron BA.1 en comparación con Delta; pero a su vez, fueron más altas para la sub variante BA.2 de Ómicron que para la BA.1. Estudio #1 En el Reino Unido, un …
A: Sort of…. Remember that even if cases come down as quickly as they rise, there will be as many cases *after* the peak as before (think area under the curve!). In the U.S. there is some indication that hospitalizations during this BA.5 wave have peaked. Since hospitalizations are a lagging indicator of infections, this …
Where do new variants come from?
COVID VariantsKristen Panthagani, MD, PhD
BA.1, BA.2, BA.3, BA.4, BA.5… while we’re all getting lost in an alphanumeric soup, it’s important to understand why we continue to see new variants. Some have speculated vaccines are to blame, arguing that vaccination itself drives the development of variants. Is this true? Vaccinations do not produce new variants. Thankfully, no. Variants are not …
¿Su riesgo de COVID prolongado difiere según la variante?
COVID Variants Data and Metrics Posts en Español
Aparna Kumar, PhD CRNP MPH
Dos estudios recientes apuntan a que sí. Punto Breve; Entre las personas vacunadas, las probabilidades de presentar COVID Prolongado fueron menores para la variante Ómicron BA.1 en comparación con Delta; pero a su vez, fueron más altas para la sub variante BA.2 de Ómicron que para la BA.1. Estudio #1 En el Reino Unido, un …
BA.1, BA.2, BA.3, BA.4, BA.5… while we’re all getting lost in an alphanumeric soup, it’s important to understand why we continue to see new variants. Some have speculated vaccines are to blame, arguing that vaccination itself drives the development of variants. Is this true? Vaccinations do not produce new variants. Thankfully, no. Variants are not …
¿Su riesgo de COVID prolongado difiere según la variante?
COVID Variants Data and Metrics Posts en EspañolAparna Kumar, PhD CRNP MPH
Dos estudios recientes apuntan a que sí. Punto Breve; Entre las personas vacunadas, las probabilidades de presentar COVID Prolongado fueron menores para la variante Ómicron BA.1 en comparación con Delta; pero a su vez, fueron más altas para la sub variante BA.2 de Ómicron que para la BA.1. Estudio #1 En el Reino Unido, un …
Dos estudios recientes apuntan a que sí. Punto Breve; Entre las personas vacunadas, las probabilidades de presentar COVID Prolongado fueron menores para la variante Ómicron BA.1 en comparación con Delta; pero a su vez, fueron más altas para la sub variante BA.2 de Ómicron que para la BA.1. Estudio #1 En el Reino Unido, un …
