XBB is a variant of omicron and has already shown to be immune evasive(nbcboston.com)
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XBB is a variant of omicron and has already shown to be immune evasive
https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/we-need-to-be-prepared-for-this-covid-nightmare-variant-spreading-already-in-us/2868326/
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FYI:
What We Know About All the New Covid Variants : https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/what-to-know-new-cov...
CDC - SARS-CoV-2 Variant Classifications and Definitions : https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/variants/variant-c...
What We Know About All the New Covid Variants : https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/what-to-know-new-cov...
CDC - SARS-CoV-2 Variant Classifications and Definitions : https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/variants/variant-c...
Immunity evasion is certainly a useful trick, but its not enough to become dominant. IMO, just wait around and see which variants show exponential growth. Currently, that's the BA.5 variant (but we're on the tail-end of this cycle).
BQ.1 is really the new variant of concern IMO, just reaching over the 10% mark in the past week or so, and continuing to grow seemingly exponentially.