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@Kitzie, interesting read, see extract below, sounds familiar!!
In Britain, for example, a government official named Arthur Newsholme knew full well that a strict civilian lockdown was the best way to fight the spread of the highly contagious disease. But he wouldn’t risk crippling the war effort by keeping munitions factory workers and other civilians home.
The Spanish Flu killed over 20 million and had mutations... in fact the 2nd one was the most deadly of all.
https://www.history.com/news/spanish-flu-second-wave-resurgence
Very interesting but could be potentially extremely dangerous at the same time.
Covid itself may be as a result of such gene drive experiments for all we know.
IMO Beta variant is 'fading' because the Delta variant is more contagious.
What we need is a company like Novacyt to be involved with a team that are tasked with creating a variant that is more contagious than Covid-19 Delta, but does not make people ill, or have symptoms no worse than a cold.
If we are involved to a large extent with Genomic sequencing, it's a shame we can't help to deliver something like that.
It would have to be tested to death first, on all races, but if it were so prevalent, and successful, you might be able to end the Pandemic.
I'm no expert on the Spanish flu, but that virus must have mutated to something the human race didn't recognise as Spanish flu, so that all flue seasons after 1920 were no different, - and only as pathogenic - as flu seasons prior to 1919.
Self-destructing mosquitoes and sterilized rodents: the promise of gene drives:
Altering the genomes of entire animal populations could help to defeat disease and control pests, but researchers worry about the consequences of unleashing this new technology.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02087-5
Goodness knows how much it would all cost.
Note sure whether 'fades' is the correct term- maybe less prevalent.
Might be better the devil you know ?
Anyway, only time will tell and we are all part of the Great British experiment, like it or not !
Next phase ii/iii of trial has commenced. So obviously a concern about Beta variant or there wouldn't be extensive trials ongoing. Great news if it fades but the UK govt obviously fearful of it potentially spreading. It would appear Spains rate of positive Beta cases are double that of mainland France so peculiar France was singled out.
https://www.astrazeneca.com/media-centre/press-releases/2021/first-covid-19-variant-vaccine-azd2816-phase-ii-iii-trial-participants-vaccinated.html
B2HS2L, Astra Zeneca put out a news release on friday with those figures .Hope my link works.
https://www.astrazeneca.com/media-centre/press-releases/2021/vaxzevria-is-highly-effective-after-one-dose-against-severe-disease-or-hospitalisation-caused-by-beta-variants-of-concern.html
This Sunday Mail article claims that the Beta variant 'is responsible for about ten per cent of Covid-19 cases in France, although many are in its Indian Ocean territories of Reunion and Mayotte'.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9821893/France-fiasco-leaves-Cabinet-war-Sajid-Javid-accused-spooking-PM-adding-Amber-plus-list.html
Speaking to a friend who lives near Toulouse, he mentioned French press laughing at Boris's geographical gaffs.
I bet he now wishes Grant Shapps had been at the 16 July meeting.
Covid Beta variant set to fade away globally due to dominance of Delta, scientists predict
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/covid-variants-delta-beta-vaccine-b1888138.html
IF, - thats a big IF - knowing the reputation of the author, the UK government will shortly need to take France out of Orange 'plus' travel category.
"The Beta variant of coronavirus is likely to fade away in the coming months due to the dominance of Delta, scientists have predicted.
Data shows that the global prevalence of Beta has dropped over the course of 2021 as the highly-transmissible Delta variant, which is also capable of partially evading the Covid vaccines, continues to surge in multiple countries."
Good riddance to Beta, Delta is quite enough to be getting on with.
I hope the number of infections continues to drop, but it would be nice to know why that trend reversal is happening from the govt. advisers.
The Sunday Mail article also contains this good news:
..."In fact, on the day the decision was taken to place France in the Orange plus category, new research was available showing a single AZ dose was 83 per cent effective at stopping hospitalisations caused by the South African strain, only slightly lower than its 88 per cent protection against the Indian (Delta) variant."
I certainly hope that finding is correct, but article does not state source.