XBB.1.5 is as different from SARS-CoV-2 as SARS-CoV-2 is from SARS1 (!)
--RT
HOW DIFFERENT IS XBB.1.5 AND HOW WORRYING IS IT?
Very. This graphic from the linked paper shows it is as different from the Wuhan variant (now known as WT = Wild Type) of SARS-COV-2 as WT is from SARS-COV (the virus which caused SARS1 in 2003).
RT@DavidBerger@twitter.com
https://biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.11.23.517532v1.full.pdf
@yaneerbaryam @whn The element of creating immune dysregulation, creating new vulnerabilities to existing viruses and bacteria is the part of the story being left out.
People dying of pneumonia - after a covid infection - because they have no immunity, and then not attributing it to what is effectively airborne AIDS is the new propaganda. #SARS3 is one thing, but if people understood the analogy to AIDS maybe they wouldn't treat it as innocuously. The "with or from" rubbish has to go.