And now ... The Symptomless Variant!!

[SencosRshit]

www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/delta-plus-symptomless-variant-driving-22198497

Did you want anything specific out of this thread @SencosRshit?

Or let me guess, by dropping the link with no futher info or effort you're hoping for a thread all about how about COVID isn't a problem, vaccines uncessary, no restriction measures are needed......

I may be missing something but if it doesn’t make you ill, isn’t that a good thing and shows that the bug is mutating to become less deadly…?

I guess the problem is that it might not be asymptomatic for all? So you don't realise you're infected and visit granny who then catches it and gets very ill.

Chlamydia can be symptomless in a lot of people.

It can still make you infertile though.

You just don't know it's happening because you don't have symptoms.

We've known it's possible to be symptomless for months 😕

I don’t think this is news, is it?

@Seeline

We've known it's possible to be symptomless for months 😕

Since the very beginning.

South Korea told the world about it in January 2020.

Vaccination has changed what symptoms people get, if they get any.

This isn’t really news.

Covid Cultists will never be satisfied until we are locked down to the end of time.

@FreshFreesias

Covid Cultists will never be satisfied until we are locked down to the end of time.

do you think that with no further vaccination programmes or suppression measures, coronavirus will no longer be an issue?

what's your basis for that assumption?

Although I expect this is exactly the kind of reply @SencosRshit was hoping to achieve with that OP

@FreshFreesias

Covid Cultists will never be satisfied until we are locked down to the end of time.

I have observed prior to the last three lockdowns that people say things like this more as we approach the next one.

I don’t know why a symptomless variant would raise alarm, nobody would be at risk, maybe they’re testing the level of gullibility in the population.

It's very odd

DS was symptomless, positive PCR, negative on all lateral flows before during and after. Is that what lateral flow tests are meant to do, catch the asymptomatic cases?

We should have an end of year MN COVID Awards. Some people here just really deserve som recognition for their efforts 🤣

Symptomless viruses are well documented but poorly understood. It usually means that the virus is good at spreading - many successful viruses don’t kill their hosts. A dead host is a dead end.

It's always been possible to be asymptomatic. This is not the same as everyone who gets it being asymptomatic. Having said that, if the proportion of asymptomatic infections is rising we do need to keep on top of testing to avoid endangering those with less good immune systems even more.

I wonder how we might guess when we have the symptomless variant.

Should we be testing for it several times a week as it’s otherwise impossible to spot?

@SencosRshit

I wonder how we might guess when we have the symptomless variant.

Should we be testing for it several times a week as it’s otherwise impossible to spot?

Yes, people are encouraged to test twice a week with lfts now.

Again, this is not news.

@SencosRshit

I wonder how we might guess when we have the symptomless variant.

Should we be testing for it several times a week as it’s otherwise impossible to spot?

Well yeah. We should be testing twice a week anyway. In case you have it asymptomaticaly and give it to someone who gets it with the symptom of death.

I’ve run out of LFTs and they’re not handing them out round here anymore.

I thought they were phasing that out to save money.

Should I be getting a PCR done weekly, at least?

@SencosRshit

I’ve run out of LFTs and they’re not handing them out round here anymore.

I thought they were phasing that out to save money.

Should I be getting a PCR done weekly, at least?

You can order them in about a minute online.

Pcr tests are for symptoms or after a positive lft. Or if your workplace needs it.

Nobody has suggested weekly pcr tests for asymptomatic people,

@userperuser

I don’t know why a symptomless variant would raise alarm, nobody would be at risk, maybe they’re testing the level of gullibility in the population.

Just because it's symptomless in one person doesn't mean it will be symptomless/harmless to all the other people they infect.