New COVID variant: What to know

There is a new variant experts say may be tougher to detect. Dr. Eric Ascher, family medicine physician with Northwell Lenox Hill Hospital, joined Good Day New York with info to know heading into the holidays.
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[@DwightHayesTHEWINDOPRO]

WHY ARENT WE HAVING TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS FROM THOSE COUNTRIES?!!!

[@kierongowans3428]

Nobody cares

[@Safe-and-effective]

Brought to you by pfizer.

[@kuli858]

the shot does not prevent the transmission

[@traianliviudanciu8665]

But mask wearing may prevent If SARS COV2 replicate at very low tissue temperature,mask wearing increase upper respiratory temperature and theoretically diminish viral replication

[@Christ-in-Damary-n-Dave]

I should be fine, I'm going on my 200th booster! A little dizzy from severe myocarditis, but my iron lung should take care of the rest!

[@mt_gox]

me too! 275th booster here and other than the constant heart attacks and strokes, i feel great!

[@Christ-in-Damary-n-Dave]

@@mt_gox 😂😆😊😔😢😭😱😉

[@anthonyforfare7223]

@@mt_gox way to go !👍 so you make that 300 club ! That’s when it really starts working!👍😲🤯😁😂🤣🤪😅 Merry Christmas 🎄🎁

[@talkingtomusa4862]

do not comply to lie

[@dougdimmadimsdale9571]

16 shots! 16 shots!

[@wintensity]

What do we need to know? Do the opposite of whatever you want us to do 🤣

[@Heatherly3102]

Exactly

[@YoYoCoCo777]

Boom!!!

[@vassiliosca5715]

Question to Eric Ascher: Do you know what a Vacuum is? Eric Ascher: I've got it in my head, but I can't figure it out!

[@StomerMadGermzOfficial]

Big Pharm smiling in Bank notes...

[@jq5843]

More likely variant BS24/7.

[@user-du2sk7pc9e]

Gimme a break.....just stop with the COVID. The media sucks.

[@SonicEndouRed]

the wars are getting kinda quiet lately so new drama is needed

[@artstar4]

Lots of people care. I’m one of them, been suffering from long covid for two years now. I’m 32 and was healthy and fit before I got covid. If you have any questions feel free to ask.

[@azzy90]

​@@artstar4So 2 years until now. Yourself not negative yet?

[@artstar4]

@@azzy90 long covid doesn’t mean that you’re still testing positive. It’s a broad term that covers any lingering symptoms or complications following covid that are disruptive to your life. For me I finally got diagnosed because after I got covid, for months I was constantly exhausted. I’d sleep all weekend and I started getting POTS which is this thing where your heart starts racing. My heart would jump up 50 bpm when I went from lying down to standing for instance. I went on to be diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome after six months. It’s horribly debilitating. It’s a central nervous system disorder and i feel like o have the flu almost constantly unless I rest a lot. The only way I’ve been able to function is with things that suppress inflammation - sometimes I’ve even had to drink cough syrup. Now I’m on gabapentin which dampens messages from your nervous system and that’s helped a ton.

[@thomassutherland4330]

​@artstar4 the how dobyou have long covid if it's a vaccine

[@hal511bm]

COVID advice is like being a homeless person. You always have Hard Drug money. You never have Big Mac money.

[@FlannelGuy_1978]

Jeez they’re really still riding this horse aren’t they? 🙄

[@YoYoCoCo777]

Yup... they want to give everybody a clot shot!!!

[@SonicEndouRed]

the wars are getting kinda quiet lately so they need some new source of drama

[@mt_gox]

@@SonicEndouRed they ran outta kids to kill

[@kansaswolf865]

On the 5th year of this bull 💩💩

[@moonstone1159]

A friend's husband died yesterday (Dec 30) after coming down with Covid earlier this week. It's very sad. I still mask and always get the booster when available.

[@trinacogitating4532]

I'm sorry.

[@moonstone1159]

@@trinacogitating4532Thank you.

[@douglastaggart9360]

If you get the booster why are you wearing a mask I suggest you stop living in fear and did your friend die with covid or off it. Sorry don't believe you

[@maxamahnken7325]

Fool

[@moonstone1159]

@@trinacogitating4532 Thank you.

[@mt_gox]

The only way to get it is to get tested.

[@Americansangel]

This is the second time I’ve had Covid and this time it is attacking my legs, my right leg to be exact I could not lift it for like eight days now it is starting to get better and I can bend it some but I still can’t drive, The hospital couldn’t figure out why my leg hurts. They should’ve ran a Covid test after I left from the hospital a day later. Lo and behold I find out that some of My family members tested , positive for Covid , surprising the doctors didn’t figure it out when I had a rash on my body also, stay safe everyone my muscles hurt so bad and I got scared. Thank God it is finally starting to get better. 🙏🏽

[@carolyncouch4094]

Not everything is Covid.

[@franklintejeda3472]

check for blood clog and may not be from covid

[@Americansangel]

@@carolyncouch4094 obviously

[@Americansangel]

@@franklintejeda3472 I was checked for blood thank god my legs are going to be okay, just very sore right now but it’s getting better

[@user-go2st5fi9w]

Did you get vsccinated with mRNA for Covid 19?

[@mikeca98]

Creepy doctor.

[@SwedishGFE]

He is gay

[@kevinsheldrick917]

This station is further left than a fish fork

[@robloxcrap]

take the L 💀

[@JPAGH]

Elections year without return of COVID? No way!

[@LivingMidnight]

A news story about COVID19 without BS post like yours. No way!

[@sportgoofy1975]

Hilarious . Push more needles instead of healthy living.

Election coming up new variant

[@blest5132]

😂 it's not gonna work this time

[@lalaithan]

@@YoYoCoCo777 I can't believe these numbskulls don't realize Nazis used to shout this.

[@daaimlewis351]

Stay Home Order 2024 Return!

[@lh3540]

No one ever thought this was behind us. Fox News itself came up with that gem.

[@LawandOrder-fi5xk]

COVID is here to stay. When is Fauci going to get arrested for his connection to gain of function research?

[@alexstone3822]

As in the official Jeopardy game, contestants must give the response in the form of a question “Alex, I’ll take”, “What is Bull 💩 for 300 ?

[@c-mo313]

I’ve had Covid since 1972. I don’t know what I’d do without it ❤

[@jasongrady259]

You trolling 😂😂😂

[@veroniquendambo3242]

😮😮😮😮😮

[@chabbytreemechanic1731]

I've had since 1971, but I don't have symptoms

[@scottmcvicker4971]

This narrative just never gets old. The faces change, but the messengers are eternal.

[@earthsuit4418]

Science bro. Try it.

[@SwedishGFE]

I never got Covid. I wear a mask and i keep a distance in the grocery store. I put the cart bebind me to make sure i get the proper distance.

[@absolutetuber]

Sheep.

[@sinisterkitty8411]

I used to do this. After getting coughed on 5 separate times yesterday, I'm gonna start again. I swear if we operated with reasonable boundaries and personal space in this society, the germs wouldn't be flowing around like this.

[@douglastaggart9360]

I think you need to see psychiatrist

[@douglastaggart9360]

​@@sinisterkitty8411are you serious you need help

[@SwedishGFE]

@@douglastaggart9360 While I'm at the psychiatrist. You are admitted to the emergency having Covid.

[@Rusagop]

Quarantine camps. Get out of NY now!

[@GuitarsCarsandBikes]

Hochul signed it Bill 2.13. Pure insanity.

[@dickjohnson7845]

@@GuitarsCarsandBikes That woman is a MENACE

[@Alelluyah144]

@@GuitarsCarsandBikes ALBANY,N.Y. (NEWS10)- A court decision that deemed New York State isolation and quarantine procedures unconstitutional has been reversed. Nov 21, 2023

[@Sinz_-fl9nj]

Just tested positive Friday, this is my 3rd time getting covid. I literally had it in 21 and 22 and now 23....

[@Badm00nrRising]

R u vacxed?

[@Sinz_-fl9nj]

@@Badm00nrRising no

[@thedailyhummm]

@@Sinz_-fl9nj yeah right, vaxed

[@phoenixcaii2905]

Same here..... Also tested positive on Friday and it's also my third time getting it...

[@Sinz_-fl9nj]

@@thedailyhummm what?

[@ChickenStretcher]

It also far less likely to cause severe illness, but they won't say that.

[@Iwonder2]

The variant I have was detectable via a home test within the first 5 minutes of the 15 minutes you are supposed to check. Very strong line.

[@heathermichael3987]

I have had Covid three times since August. And before that I had three times . The weirdest was round four I actually felt better got my energy back , then got hit with round five and went done and round sixth has been mild but long lasting. The very first round also attacked my legs and I couldn’t walk .

[@LibbyRal]

I had weak wobbly legs the first case of covid I got in 2020 March. And a month or so later, I kept having episodes of the weak legs. That was the onset of Long Covid 😒 I'm sorry you had all those cases. So much for the clowns who advocate for natural immunity

[@user-sy7ck3ln6o]

Oh more unleashed evil fun for the public and the poison arm candy IS NOT THE BEST LINE OF DEFENSE! Screwing around with your mRNA is super bad idea.

[@RC_928]

Calm down, this ain’t cancer

[@YoYoCoCo777]

It didn't work last time!

[@mt_gox]

This variant really is hard to detect. I spent hours searching my entire house for it and finally found it out in the garage, under an old stack of newspapers.

[@anthonyforfare7223]

👍😲🤯🤣🤪😂😅🍻💪 Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 Keep that great sense of humor!😁🤩

[@rohithn-76]

Everyone thrilled. .

[@roddavis8692]

Whos here after testing positive omg this sucks feel like shit

[@11ccom]

Good questions.

[@Vauxiinyourbag84]

THE HAMAS VARIANT!!!

[@marcusk9483]

lol

[@cheryljune1603]

In Florida it’s now banned

[@Patsygurl333]

I’m moving to Florida! They banned Covid! 😂

[@Judahkings]

That virus is a strand of DNA which means it can mutate in order to survive. That virus wants to live just like tou want to live. The microbial world of the virus is fascinating.

[@TheLittleLambTalks]

If it’s tough to detect than we can’t be that sick, right?!

[@Mi-ox8dh]

Biden Biden Biden

[@REMsleepers]

Me and my mrs have it now. It sucks! Its like 3 days of fever, starts with dry cough and then becomes a wet cough. Low appetite, low energy, hard to sleep. Just feel restless. I had Covid 2 months ago on a cruise ship and it wasnt as bad as this new variant for me.

[@teri03]

Same. New variant is way worse than last year.

[@thomassutherland4330]

Don't you have like 7 shots

[@Americansangel]

Same here. I felt so bad because it got in my right leg and it felt like it was paralyzed with pain. My kids had to help lift my leg and getting in and out of bed.

[@Alelluyah144]

@@2470qwertybecause it’s worse than COVID , it will kill you .

[@evejones6105]

I have it I feel bad my breathing coughing my chest feels full of phlegm blocked nose headache confusion, weak

[@trinacogitating4532]

On my 2nd day of mild symptoms, mid-Dec, (mainly felt like a little congestion, just in my trachea, & a bit of a fever the 2nd day), I tested negative at home. But have some risk factors for severe, so my doc's office asked me to stop by for a test there. Was swabbed there for both rapid & PCR. Their rapid test was positive for Covid, so I was given an Rx for Paxlovid right away. It seemed to be very effective, on the whole.

[@edwardburns5383]

Oh no

[@gezrod]

Fake news.

[@tahirghoerahoe8246]

No in Singapore and in some countries de covid is rising,but people do not want to hear about it,the best thing is if Ur infected is to stay home

[@stevestephens1673]

How's those jabs working for ya 😂😅😂😅

[@epicchannel4724]

Its not happening in countries that didn't take the thing. Work it out.

[@suzanneday1235]

Swab the inside of both your cheeks, towards the back before swabbing your nose…gives a better response

[@outroseok]

I think I have COVID rn, just ordered some free tests in the mail. I have no taste or smell and nose congestion, been sick for a week now but never thought to take a test until I lost my taste and smell. figured it was just a common cold.

[@anthonyforfare7223]

Got love the fact that the propaganda doesn’t stop in the communist states of America 🇺🇸! In the words of Tom Macdonald “ People so stupid,people so dumb, people so boohoo wawawa, get better issues we’re gonna run outta tissues ,people so duuuuumb” 👍💪🤯😲😂🤣😅🤪

[@kuli858]

Healthy kids do not need the shot

[@Age_Of_The_God]

More Variants are coming they will get Stronger and Stronger

[@YoYoCoCo777]

😊🤣🤣

[@YoYoCoCo777]

Run and get your boosters!!!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@azzy90]

What do you mean??? The more evolve the virus = the more weak the virus

[@mikeca98]

The more Trump rises in the polls...

[@douglastaggart9360]

You obviously don't know about viruses they get weaker as they mutate

[@MrElemonator]

I have no problem with people taking precautions to be safe but our first concern in our world should be resources and getting those important ones to those in need understanding life is like a plant that we should only grow so fast. We need to educate and take care of the people we have on this planet and stop trying to make new kids to save the worlds debt with a great new invention. Our health is our wealth. We've proven we can change 😷 It's time to think about planting some seeds 🌻

[@Twin_flamess]

I’ve never had Covid But randomly, I’ll start passing out, throwing up or doing extremely weird things such as zoning out It’s been happening for 5months

[@Twin_flamess]

No, but my skin is turning blue

[@SeanCrowley-ks1mu]

The fun starts when you go to cough and shit your pants.

[@Twin_flamess]

Bruh💀

[@Twin_flamess]

Idk I’m in the ana lab with my friend she is a scientist And these pointy things like horns are on my head and I have purple spots on me

[@mt_gox]

@@Twin_flamess it's probably covid+ ...it's a new disease that Fauci invented

[@millerjdave242]

The test were never accurate, so what's new?

[@Bindigirl7]

I got hit with it in mid Nov and still struggling with it

[@YoYoCoCo777]

That's from the clot shot and boosters you took

[@Bindigirl7]

@@YoYoCoCo777 Hate to burst your bubble buddy, but I have not and would never take that poison vaccine.

[@artstar4]

@@YoYoCoCo777tons of non vaccinated people have long covid, educate yourself

[@esthersdaughterlong8149]

It's a virus not C.

[@emmahelton6306]

Oh bull, just trying to scare people

[@FixTingzENT]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 no buying ur BS anymore

[@Berley_1234]

new variant, what to know? that our govmt created it, dont depend on them to help solve hte problem

[@patriciahoke4722]

When will Washington, DC begin PCR testing and drop off sites again? Are they going to?

[@Phil-dx8rw]

Getting over it now, the new strain for me was worse then omicron. Felt like a flu for the first 2 days

[@alexf1960]

Oh this doctor is screaming and I don’t mean in a loud way!

[@user-in5to7te1r]

✊

[@user-in5to7te1r]

Bothered by a fake cops

[@gbartz565]

It’s a bunch of lies!

[@shanelottering5090]

And he still pushing the clot shot , face nappy and keep your distance. If you don’t test you will never be sick ……

[@SeanCrowley-ks1mu]

This new strain is brutal. I woke up at 4 am feeling fine, just another normal day. By 2:35 I was in the ER testing positive for covid and on multiple IV's.

[@olgaordina]

Get better soon bud

[@shin-ishikiri-no]

Look pal we believe you'll get better fast.

[@anthonyforfare7223]

Just get another booster that should help us all out! 👍😲🤯😂🤪🤣😅

[@douglastaggart9360]

Must be that sick if your finding time to right comments on you tube

[@sargentpepper8931]

most all doctors are saying this is nothing new . its the same old bugs we always got every winter .

[@bertogooch]

Shots shots shots shot shot shots Okaaaaayyyyy🎉

[@johnf.2873]

and COVIDIOCY marches on...

[@Eric-jo8uh]

Boring. Turn off any BS propaganda media and you’ll be fine.

[@SonicEndouRed]

i swear

[@lindaosika7648]

Don't all these boosters weaken our immune system?

[@Barbara-gv2vw]

Yep!

[@chivonfortney1656]

Ugh. Thought it was over.

[@romanfengler4893]

Vax vax vax vax more vax😅😅😅😅

[@boojum1769]

Strong, brave but totally ineffective .. thnx fox

[@shin-ishikiri-no]

STAHP THE SPREED

[@edwardburns5383]

Wyoming

[@amylonelygirl2]

Really? I can’t believe they still with the same somg

[@mustang13990]

:’(

[@bluelava4282]

No kissing 💋

[@kaoyuehhui]

I just got COVID. The bad thing is losing taste and smell 😭.

[@rubberducky1507]

What a joke!!!!

[@karlap2846]

I’m sorry for the vaccinated

[@alvillanueva2525]

Be afraid, sheeple.

[@akferren1]

Never had it because it’s made up and I’m not an idiot

[@howthats9774]

❤😂🎉😢😮😅

[@jacksongreen611]

Is it still a disease of the unvaccinated ?

[@douglastaggart9360]

Keeping the hysteria and fear porn going again, why are people still falling for this rubbish.

[@roshirae16]

I think I have it now I havent been sick like this ever guys please be careful MASK UP.

[@annielin2894]

I already had it from the city and infected my family size of 4 right away 11/4/23 so yes get it mask

[@Glipsnarp]

Did you get vaccinated?

[@YoYoCoCo777]

How many boosters???😳🥴😳🥴

[@annadudek7314]

haha mask up no Thank you its BS

[@Fornax70]

Oh shove ya mask they are a waste of time.

[@traianliviudanciu8665]

Did we know at what tissue temperature did SARS COV2 new variants replicate ? Why ? Because in 2020 at TWiV 659 at min29 virologist Christian Drosten suggest that SARS COV2 better replicate at very low tissue temperature. May be mask or bandana wearing increase upper respiratory temperature and theoretically mitigate SARS COV2 infection?

[@lalaithan]

Holy moly! We've got someone trying to cure SARS COV2 in the YT comments! They must know what they're talking about.

[@sinisterkitty8411]

This is really interesting--the temperature issue. Maybe it explains why some people get it worse than others, keep it longer, etc.

[@Teslastar888]

😂 so yay

[@Mackstar219]

It come from Chinese poeple come into usa thru the broders

[@shyguy6476]

ppl are nasty they not washing thier hands 😷

[@haroldallen5825]

LIES LIES LIES.

[@anamari917able]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😩😩😩

[@user-mj7ei5yq5c]

😂😂😂😂😂