Month: March 2022

bookmark_borderThe COVID-19 Diary: Monday 21 March

Posted on by greg

Acting Simply

True leaders
are hardly known to their followers.
Next after them are the leaders
the people know and admire;
after them, those they fear;
after them, those they despise.

To give no trust
is to get no trust.

When the work’s done right,
with no fuss or boasting,
ordinary people say,
Oh, we did it.
Tao Te Ching

Stay healthy and safe.

Song of the Day

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bookmark_borderThe COVID-19 Diary: Tuesday 15 March

Posted on by greg

The New York Times is reporting an increase in COVID cases in Asia and Europe. They attribute the increase in Europe to an even more contagious version of Omicron, known as BA.2.

Let’s get this straight. SARS-CoV-2 is the virus, Omicron (B.1.1.529) is a variant of the virus, and BA.2 is a version of the variant of the virus. Or to cite Wikipedia:

Researchers have established the existence of three sublineages of Omicron. The ‘standard’ sublineage is now referred to as BA.1 (or B.1.1.529.1), and the two other sublineages are known as BA.2 (or B.1.1.529.2) and BA.3 (or B.1.1.529.3). They share many mutations, but also significantly differ. In general, BA.1 and BA.2 share 32 mutations, but differ by 28. This makes them as different as some other major variants, and it has been suggested that BA.2 should receive its own name based on the Greek alphabet. BA.1 has itself been divided in two, the original BA.1 and BA.1.1, where the main difference is that the latter has a R346K mutation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SARS-CoV-2_Omicron_variant#Sublineages_and_BA.2_subvariant

Just tell me when I need to get another shot.

Stay healthy and safe.

Song of the Day

The entire Song of the Day playlist is available on YouTube.