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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 26-Aug-2023 06:41:53 JST Ars Technica

   Global COVID monitoring is crashing as BA.2.86 variant raises alarm

   "This is on the shoulders of governments right now."

   https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/08/global-covid-monitoring-is-crashing-as-ba-2-86-variant-raises-alarm/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • jhmblvd (jhmblvd@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 26-Aug-2023 07:37:29 JST jhmblvd

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     @arstechnica
     It's as if we learned nothing.

   • Infoseepage #StopGazaGenocide (infoseepage@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 26-Aug-2023 11:56:26 JST Infoseepage #StopGazaGenocide

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     @arstechnica Some countries built systems to detect new variants and track their spread while they were still at comparatively low levels of concentration. Denmark at one point was sequencing almost half their hospitalized cases.

     We dismantled those system and are largely flying blind and unable to react in an ongoing pandemic where the pathogen is clearly learning new tricks due to (among other things), public health's utter failure to limit rates of infection.

   • foucault_this (foucault_this@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 27-Aug-2023 19:19:48 JST foucault_this

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     @arstechnica
     . . . . so many mutations … clamoring for BA.2.86 to have its own Greek letter… only "variants of concern (VOC) qualify; To attain VOC status, BA.2.86 would have to meet at least one concerning criteria: clearly cause more severe disease; change epidemiology trends in a way that could imperil health care resources; or significantly evade vaccine protection from severe disease.
     It’s raining like #neongenesisevangelion #bladerunner