An actual Covid variant: BA.2

[Tomconroy]

I hate to feed the Covid fear beast, but there is an actual Omicron variant out there called BA.2. In the interest of keeping people informed I thought I would put up a post. Not too much is known about it other than what follows. Something to keep an eye on, no need to panic yet. BA.1 is Omicron. BA.2 is a sub-variant:

Should we be worried about BA.2?
There is no evidence on if BA.2 is more or less severe than other variants of COVID-19.

Tom Peacock, a virologist at Imperial College London, said the earliest indications from Denmark and India "suggest there is no dramatic difference in severity compared to BA.1".

Peacock also said: "There is likely to be minimal differences in vaccine effectiveness against BA.1 and BA.2."



He pointed to the fact several nations, including the UK, appear to be past their Omicron peaks and said he thinks it would be surprising if BA.2 caused another surge.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/government-monitoring-new-potentially-more-transmissible-omicron-variant-165522269.html

[Lovie777]

1. Sars 2 COVID is really trying to keep going ....

but alas it could be running out of stream. Fingers crossed. Vaccines and masks work.

[Tomconroy]

2. Yes. Most of the damage omicron will do was avoidable if

Everyone was vaccinated and boosted.