but it isn't...
Variant BA.2 of Omicron is taking off in some countries.
edition.cnn.com/2022/02/17/health/ba-2-covid-severity/index.html
which links ot this paper
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.02.14.480335v1.full.pdf (very slow loading for me)
Some phrases
"spreading faster than its distant cousin, it may also cause more severe disease and appears capable of thwarting some of the key weapons we have against Covid-19"
"may have features that make it as capable of causing serious illness as older variants of Covid-19, including Delta"
"it appears to largely escape the immunity created by vaccines. A booster shot restores protection, making illness after infection about 74% less likely."
"resistant to some treatments, including sotrovimab, the monoclonal antibody that's currently being used against Omicron."
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