So... Deltacron may now be a thing.

[GPV]

I'm not too excited about it, but neither am I surprised.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/08/cyprus-reportedly-discovers-a-covid-variant-that-combines-omicron-and-delta.html

[JanMichael]

1. Oh for fucks sake...Ugh.

2022 is starting off fabulous.

[GPV]

2. Ikr?!

[Initech]

3. Oh come on!!!!

[Celerity]

4. IF this combines the transmissibility of Omicron with the lethality of Delta we might be well fucked

[GPV]

5. It's not Captain Trips yet, but folks in the medical field will hate it.

[Calculating]

6. Jesus Christ

This nightmare is never going to end, every year we're just going to get terrorized by new variants.

[Tomconroy]

7. The Yale Covid sequencing guru retweeted this

So I'm putting it up.

Link to tweet

?s=20

The only thing I understand is the word 'contamination'.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

8. :). Exactly what I just said

they do not cluster on a phylogenetic tree and have a whole Artic primer sequencing amplicon of Omicron in an otherwise Delta backbone.


But I took it as a good thing. Right in other words this might not be something. Not a great thing to read just before bed. Although I just did see a doctor mention it and was extremely solemn. Lock Cyprus up immediately

[Laura PourMeADrink]

9. Cyprus

[GPV]

10. Good news, indeed!