How to Use transmissible in a Sentence

transmissible

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  • The virus is highly transmissible to humans.
  • The reason for the uptick in kids with Covid-19 is that the delta variant is more transmissible.
    — Sarah Todd, Quartz, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Or is this just more transmissible or cause more than the common cold?
    — Anne Saker, The Enquirer, 29 Nov. 2021
  • At the same time, the more transmissible omicron variant BA.2 has been spreading quickly in the U.S. and abroad.
    — Alan Fram, ajc, 1 Apr. 2022
  • That means the variant is two to three times as transmissible as the original strain.
    — oregonlive, 13 July 2021
  • The case study provided the world with an early hint as to just how transmissible the new variant could be.
    — Caroline Chen, ProPublica, 6 Jan. 2022
  • Omicron, in turn, was about three times more transmissible than the delta variant.
    — NBC News, 29 Apr. 2022
  • That’s because Delta has evolved to be so transmissible that other variants can’t keep up with the pace of its spread.
    — WSJ, 10 Sep. 2021
  • The researchers suggest this could make the virus more transmissible.
    — Meredith Wadman, Science | AAAS, 23 June 2021
  • Since the Delta variant is more transmissible, the number of children and teens catching is higher than in the past.
    — Karen Kaplan Science and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2021
  • The new variants of the virus are much more easily transmissible.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 28 Aug. 2021
  • Delta is the most transmissible of the variants identified so far.
    — NBC News, 4 July 2021
  • Why this virus is so much more transmissible does not seem to be a property solely of the Spike protein.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
  • Second, the Delta variant of the coronavirus has been found, so far, to be one of the most highly transmissible versions yet.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2021
  • But that all changed with the onerous lockdowns of 2022 spurred by the hyper-transmissible Omicron variant.
    — Time, 17 Jan. 2023
  • That is even more true now that the new more transmissible variant dominates the country.
    — Kaiser Health News, oregonlive, 17 Jan. 2022
  • Even the most careful person will get the most transmissible virus in history.
    — Wired, 7 Aug. 2022
  • The delta variant is the most highly transmissible strain seen yet, first emerging in India in late 2020 and quickly sweeping the globe.
    — Sony Salzman, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2021
  • They’re expected to be the most immune-evasive, transmissible versions of the virus yet.
    — Erin Prater, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2022
  • The fact that each Omicron subvariant seems to be even more transmissible than the last only adds to the sense of futility.
    — Karen Kaplanscience and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2022
  • Then came the unknowns of new, more transmissible variants.
    — Gregory Barber, Wired, 10 May 2021
  • The election comes as South Korea has been grappling with a surge in Covid-19 cases driven by the more transmissible omicron variant of the virus.
    — NBC News, 10 Mar. 2022
  • For now, Gates thinks the emergence of a variant more transmissible than Omicron isn’t likely.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2022
  • The highly transmissible omicron variant of the virus is prone to making comebacks.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 31 May 2022
  • Studies show that omicron is four times more transmissible than the delta variant.
    — Priyanka Vora, Quartz, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Experts said one of the reasons for the rise in cases is the spread of BA.2, a subvariant of the original omicron variant that is more transmissible.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2022
  • It was understood as a threat, transmissible across class lines.
    — Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 6 Sep. 2022
  • So far, the BA.2 subvariant, thought by scientists to be the most transmissible version of the coronavirus to date, has not been spreading widely in the U.S.
    — NBC News, 18 Feb. 2022
  • The issue is that this new variant is highly transmissible.
    — Abc News, ABC News, 19 July 2022
  • Bounce owners and staff met this week to discuss possible changes in policy, given the highly transmissible omicron variant.
    — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2022

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