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Omicron BA.2 now dominant covid variant in USA
2022-03-24
[CNBC] Omicron’s more contagious subvariant, BA.2, has more than doubled in prevalence over the past two weeks in the U.S...

BA.2 has been steadily growing as a proportion of the Covid variants circulating in the U.S. since Feb. 5 when it represented about 1% of genetically sequenced virus samples, according to the CDC. BA.2 probably already accounts for 50% of new infections in the U.S.....

Though BA.2 is rising in the U.S., leading public health officials are not expecting another dramatic surge in new cases,
....not expecting? Ok, then..
largely due to the amount of immunity the population has from vaccination and the fierce outbreak during the winter omicron wave.

"The bottom line is we’ll likely see an uptick in cases, as we’ve seen in the European countries particularly the U.K.," White House Chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci told ABC’s "This Week." "Hopefully we won’t see a surge — I don’t think we will."
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Posted by:Lord Garth

#6  I had it.
Took a week to dig in.
Another week of misery.
A week to cough it up.
Now I can smell the spring flowers!
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-03-24 23:24  

#5  I'm completely immune, having had the original variant early on. It was a 10 day BAD flu experience with a 12 week full recovery period.
Posted by: Wheart White9347   2022-03-24 17:25  

#4  Covid? Oh yeah. I remember. That was the current thing before Ukraine.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2022-03-24 12:37  

#3  Trust, but verify.
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-03-24 07:40  

#2  
No sooner than I type the above and on my Web Ferret system I find the following
AXIOS counter report.

It basically reads many Ins. Companies will remain highly profitable and expect even higher profitability in 2022.

The question now is: Do we trust DT or AXIOS report?
Posted by: NN2N1   2022-03-24 06:24  

#1  

Glad (so far) it's not a totally different C-19/22 variant.

Meaning those of us that have had it, may have some immunity to re-infection.

BTW: Digging around I see the Life and Health Insurance industry have taken a Mega bottom line Hit.... but with Federal Aid, Tax Law adjustments, and some mergers, they are re-building.
Posted by: NN2N1   2022-03-24 06:16  

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