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1. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 26-Nov-2021 17:10:33 EST GeniusMusing
   Thread worth reading but for briefness here is the start and summary.
   
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   >There have been a number of overview threads on the emerging variant designated as @PangoNetwork lineage B.1.1.529, @nextstrain clade 21K and @WHO Variant of Concern Omicron. I'm not going to attempt to be comprehensive here, but will highlight a few aspects of the data. 1/16
   
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   >Growth rate (in absolute terms and relative to Delta) will be become clearer in the following days, but at the moment, I believe we're looking at a variant that potentially has significant immune evasion and that appears to be spreading rapidly. 15/16
   1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 26-Nov-2021 18:55:23 EST lnxw48a1

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      > They do not descend from previously identified "variant" viruses and instead their closest evolutionary connection is to mid-2020 viruses.
      
      IOW, this is not a descendant of beta and delta variants. Omicron is made from a de novo set of mutations.