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Y.4.2 aka Delta Plus reportedly contains mutations ‘that might give the virus survival advantages’

This afternoon.

It’s having kids.

Via i Paper:

The new offshoot of Delta, AY.4.2, has been upgraded to a “variant under investigation” by the UK Health Security Agency.

The so-called “child of Delta”, which is a sublineage of the variant, has become increasingly common in the UK and accounts for more than 6 per cent of new cases, with 15,120 confirmed infections so far.

Officials said the variant, given the official name VUI-21OCT-01, may have increased growth rate compared to the original Delta variant. Some scientists believe it is up to 15 per cent more infectious than Delta, but this has not been confirmed.

Covid: New ‘Child of Delta’ strain upgraded to ‘variant under investigation’ as UK cases rise (iPaper)

Previously: Covid-19: New mutation of Delta variant under close watch in UK (BBC)

Philip Nolan, Chair of the NPHET Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group

This morning.

Via RTÉ News:

People are being urged to come forward for a Covid-19 vaccine to help overcome the spread of the Delta variant.

The chair of the National Public Health Emergency’s Team’s Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group Philip Nolasn said while Ireland is well on target to have over 90% of the population vaccinated by the middle of September, “we have not yet reached the level of vaccine protection that we would like to have“.

He said that since April there were almost 200 admissions to ICUs, three quarters of which were among people who were not vaccinated.

Prof Nolan said that 19 out of 20 of these patients had no vaccination or were partially vaccinated and the vast majority were eligible for vaccination.

He said only 5% of those admitted to ICU were 14 days out from their second vaccine.

Vaccines key to overcoming Delta spread – Nolan (RTÉ)

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….via Independent.ie:

St Vincent’s hospital in Dublin is admitting a “worrying” number of double-vaccinated patients for treatment for Covid-19, emergency department head Professor John Ryan has said.

He emphasised that just because people are double-jabbed does not mean they are immune to the virus.

Right now, we’re seeing a significant number of breakthrough cases,” he said.

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St Vincent’s at capacity as ‘worried unwell’ add to the workload woes (Independent.ie)

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DB writes:

‘I am getting extraordinary abuse for this tweet (above). For the record, it’s government data. If I’m going to be vilified for interpretations of it I didn’t make I might as well give my actual interpretation of it. I think there are broadly four possible explanations for these figures:

1. Scary delta – more cases, more hospitalisations
2. Vaccines aren’t having much of a national impact
3. Vaccines are harmful
4. People are finally returning to hospitals and those increased numbers are being miscast as Covid cases when they’re there for something else.

I’m mostly number 4. I think 2 is true insofar as there is no *sign* of the vaccines having a national impact in any of these figures. That impact might exist but it isn’t visible yet. I see nothing substantial to support 3 at this time. As for number 1, Delta is commonly said to be less virulent and our increased cases are said to be mainly among the young. So do we think all these extra cases in hospital are unvaccinated young people? I don’t think so.’

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