Omicron Sub Variant Appears To Cause More Severe Symptoms.
An Omicron sub-variant called termed BA.2 is spreading and causes more severe cases from early lab reports. (CNN)
“The BA.2 virus — a subvariant of the Omicron coronavirus variant — isn’t just 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, new research suggests.
New lab experiments from Japan show that BA.2 may have features that make it as capable of causing serious illness as older variants of Covid-19, including Delta.
And like Omicron, it appears to largely escape the immunity created by vaccines. A booster shot restores protection, making illness after infection about 74% less likely.”
The World is over the pandemic, variants, lockdowns, restrictions and everything else. Unfortunately, the pandemic is not done with us and it is unlikely the mild Omicron variant will not be the last iteration of the virus that upended the World over the last 24 or so months. Restrictions on daily lives fuel anger and resentment when a wave of seemingly mild infections sweeps over the land but other more treacherous variants may be lurking and trying to spread in the months ahead and it is important to not let up our guard but to be prepared for anything the virus has in store.
