Also known as Stratus, the Frankenstein virus is currently the dominant strain in England.
A new strain of COVID-19 being dubbed the “Frankenstein” variant is making headlines as it’s rapidly spreading, with cases quadrupling in the past four weeks and doctors saying it could be the most contagious strain so far.
The Daily Mail, Yahoo News, The Mirror, The Sun and other major media outlets are sounding the alarm about the new strain.
Popular account @TooBaffled pointed out the Frankenstein monster was created by a madman Scientist, suggesting the new variant name is paying homage to the fact that COVID-19 was a manmade virus.
Also known as Stratus, the Frankenstein virus is currently the dominant strain in England.
Stratus is a “recombinant” strain, which means it spawned from a person infected with two Covid strains that combined to create the hybrid variant.
A Warwick University virologist told the Daily Mail spike mutations made the two variants that created the hybrid strain capable of evading human immune responses.
The virologist also claimed more people are susceptible to catching the new strain because of waning immunity due to a drop in Covid infections over the past few months and supposedly due to less people getting their spring booster shots.
Dr Kaywaan Khan, Harley Street GP and founder of Hannah London Clinic, told Cosmopolitan UK: “Unlike other variants, Stratus has certain mutations in the spike protein which could help it evade antibodies developed from prior infections or vaccinations. Despite this, it is important to mention that Stratus seems to be no worse than earlier Omicron variants in terms of illness, hospitalisations, or deaths.”
With Stratus being detected in 38 different countries so far, the World Health Organization stated, “The detection of XFG is increasing across several countries in various regions that are consistently sharing SARS-CoV-2 sequences with stable to slightly increasing trend in viral activity and hospitalizations.”
While the illness is still basically just a common cold, the media and global health “experts” continue to spread fear about the virus over five years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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