Scientists are trying to find a mystery person in Ohio who has a new kind of COVID, and is shedding it into the sewage
Cryptic" COVID lineages show how the virus can mutate in new ways
Johnson told Insider that he has been identifying "cryptic" COVID lineages in wastewater around the country since 2021. These are strains "that don't match anything we've seen before," he said, showing SARS-CoV-2 still has some tricks up its sleeve and there's plenty we don't know.
While these cryptic strains have only been identified in wastewater, they could be harbingers of variants to come. Long before Omicron emerged, researchers were collecting samples of COVID that they didn't recognize — cryptic lineages that we now understand to be similar to Omicron, according to a preprint paper (not-yet-peer-reviewed) published last month by Johnson and his team.
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[ - ] deleted 2 points 1.9 yearsJun 8, 2023 23:33:06 ago (+2/-0)
[ + ] dosvydanya_freedomz
[ - ] dosvydanya_freedomz [op] 3 points 1.9 yearsJun 8, 2023 23:36:51 ago (+3/-0)
i dont believe a single word of it.none.nada
[ + ] Gowithit
[ - ] Gowithit 3 points 1.9 yearsJun 8, 2023 23:36:04 ago (+3/-0)
Every single strain before it hits the news.
[ + ] dosvydanya_freedomz
[ - ] dosvydanya_freedomz [op] 1 point 1.9 yearsJun 8, 2023 23:37:44 ago (+1/-0)
good one
[ + ] RepublicanNerd
[ - ] RepublicanNerd 1 point 1.9 yearsJun 9, 2023 00:03:10 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] boekanier
[ - ] boekanier 1 point 1.9 yearsJun 9, 2023 00:18:20 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] TheOriginal1Icemonkey
[ - ] TheOriginal1Icemonkey 2 points 1.9 yearsJun 9, 2023 00:21:15 ago (+2/-0)
Bunch of scat freaks.
[ + ] I_am_baal
[ - ] I_am_baal 1 point 1.9 yearsJun 9, 2023 09:14:19 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] UncleDoug
[ - ] UncleDoug 1 point 1.9 yearsJun 9, 2023 04:09:24 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] RobertJHarsh
[ - ] RobertJHarsh 2 points 1.9 yearsJun 9, 2023 08:58:05 ago (+2/-0)
He noted that this isn't "an imminent public health threat;" this person likely has a form of "long COVID" that is not contagious.
Oh good. I thought we were all fucked for a sec.
Wut?
A twitter investigation for a non-man hunt about a guy shedding a not highly infective disease?
Be on the look out for someone shitting themselves.
Bonus reward this month for turning in a family member!
[ + ] BrokenVoat
[ - ] BrokenVoat 1 point 1.9 yearsJun 9, 2023 09:24:22 ago (+1/-0)
It really is a money scam.
[ + ] Doglegwarrior
[ - ] Doglegwarrior 1 point 1.9 yearsJun 9, 2023 11:21:08 ago (+1/-0)