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BA.2, where are you? Dominant strain hasn't shown signs of starting a surge | CNN
The Omicron subvariant caused as many as 3 in 4 cases of Covid-19 in the United States last week, according to the latest genomic surveillance from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; so far, there are no signs of a looming surge in the US.
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If BA.2 does go quietly, it may be because the US did such a poor job of stopping transmission of Omicron and the variants that came before it, that we have failed upward, bungling our way to a high level of immune protection.
BA.1 and BA 1.1 ran rampant in the US over the winter, as people abandoned mask wearing and largely resumed their holiday plans.
Debate the past all we want, but the American way of life right now feels pretty good. Today, we're in a better place than China and Australia who are proving that a zero-Covid stance is not sustainable on a long enough timeline. The strain usurping Omicron (aka BA.1) for the most dominant strain is not causing increased hospitalizations. In fact, I've read we are at the lowest number of Covid-related hospitalizations since April 2020.“That spike was just massive. It was like nothing we’ve seen before,” says Marina Matus, president and CEO of Biobot Analytics, a company that that’s been testing wastewater for local counties and other sewersheds across the US since 2020.