Mark Collins

Journalist, former CBC Radio producer. Soft seltzer aficionado. A proud video gamer since 1978. Whippets rule. One day at a time.

[Mark Collins @Mark_C_Collins]

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[Mark Collins @Mark_C_Collins]

@trclosson @fordnation The moment an infectious disease overwhelms Ontario, Doug Ford brings Moore to a basement room at Queens Park with enough food and water to last him 90 days. Another medical emergency solved.

[Mark Collins @Mark_C_Collins]

@PierrePoilievre “Canada first”, disparaging immigrant “fraud”, attacking “globalists.” I think I’ve this language from someone else recently…

[Mark Collins @Mark_C_Collins]

@NickKouvalis So Ford hopes

[Covid Caution - BA.3.2, XFG, LF.7, LP.8.1 @CovidCaution]

The second part of public health and politicians saying "COVID is here to stay..." is:

"...and we won't be doing anything about it - you're on your own."

[Mark Collins @Mark_C_Collins]

@RocketRider10 @raghu_venugopal @jessiecatherine Yes, I remember being university in Peterborough in 1983 when happy hour existed. It was the great era of binge drinking. Two for one drinks was scrapped in 1984 by Bill Davis, who introduced it in the first place in 1982

[Mark Collins @Mark_C_Collins]

@AlbertDomingo My household likely became infected with KP.2. or KP.3 which is dominant where I live. For the record let me state that while symptoms were manageable they were not mild for any of us. Nor for others we know who have just become ill.

[Mark Collins @Mark_C_Collins]

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@Billius27 Having just tested negative after nine days for what was likely KP.2 does it it gives me any immunity to KP.3 or are they two separate beasts?

[Mark Collins @Mark_C_Collins]

@RajlabN Does an infection with the kp2 variant protect against KP.3?

[Mark Collins @Mark_C_Collins]

@Billius27 Maybe it's because the data was too 'short' on evidence to support the theory

[Jeff Gilchrist @jeffgilchrist]

Novavax JN.1 Vaccine Neutralization

Novavax revealed they had selected the original JN.1 variant as their fall booster and recently released neutralization results on non-human primates (Macaques) including a more recent KP.2 FLiRT variant. 🧵1/

[Mark Collins @Mark_C_Collins]

@jeffgilchrist So just for clarification since I am not a scientist:
The Novavax vaccine isn’t a good match for KP.2/KP.3? And I am in Toronto and have been rather sick with Covid for a week now. If it’s KP.2, does it provide natural immunity against KP.3 and how long before I need a booster?

[Vipin M. Vashishtha @vipintukur]

KP.2 (JN.1.11.1.2 bearing both S:R346T & S:F456L mutes) is rapidly spreading in multiple regions.

➡️ The Re of KP.2 is 1·22-1·32-times higher than that of JN.1.

➡️ This suggests that KP.2 has higher viral fitness and potentially becomes the predominant lineage worldwide. 1/

[Vipin M. Vashishtha @vipintukur]

Singapore is seeing a major surge in the Covid cases mainly driven by these FLiRT variants- KP.2 & KP.2.

Many other western countries are witnessing an upsurge in cases driven by these variants. 4/

[Mark Collins @Mark_C_Collins]

@AgentBaz Day 5, likely KP.2 because it’s moving towards dominance where I live. It’s nasty.

[Mark Collins @Mark_C_Collins]

@ejustin46 Does illness caused by KP.2 cause any immunity to KP3?

[Mike Honey @Mike_Honey_]

Here's the latest variant picture for Canada.

"FLuQE" sibling KP.3 has continued to dominate "FLIRT" KP.2 during early May.

Report link:
https://t.co/SIWixdNy7F

[Mark Collins @Mark_C_Collins]

@Mike_Honey_ If I have been infected with KP.2 would that give me any immunity against KP.3?