Got the Sniffles? What to Know About Summer Colds and the COVID Variant Called Stratus
The Stratus variant causes a rise in COVID-19 emergency visits across the U.S. and is slightly better at evading immunity, though vaccines remain effective, WHO and CDC say.
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Got the sniffles? What to know about summer colds and the COVID variant called stratus
Summer heat, outdoor fun ... and cold and flu symptoms? The three may not go together in many people's minds: partly owing to common myths about germs and partly because many viruses really do have lower activity levels in the summer. Warrants detail 2019 Rockwood crash that led to charges for major Mexican drug operation But it is possible to get the sniffles — or worse — in the summer. Federal data released Friday, for example, shows COV…
Now every three to four months we are dealing with a new variant of Covid. This time it is the turn of "Stratus" and its characteristic symptom is to feel like a razor's blow in the throat. It is a variant also known as "XFG," a genetic half-breed," born from the recombination of the mutations LF.7 and LP.8.1.2, one of the so-called variants "Frankenstein" . This fusion has generated two main subtypes: XFG and XFG.3, which in a short time have b…
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