Why omicron might stick around
Ten months have passed since omicron’s debut, and the next letter in line, pi, has yet to arrive. Read more on Boston.com.
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Ten months have passed since omicron’s debut, and the next letter in line, pi, has yet to arrive. Read more on Boston.com.
Omicron, the 13th named variant of the coronavirus, seems to have a remarkable capacity to evolve new tricks.
In a recent study, researchers from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, and others, have characterised the new omicron variant BA.2.75, comparing its ability to evade antibodies against current and previous variants.
The rapid spread of new variants such as Omicron offers clues to how SARS-CoV-2 is adapting and how the pandemic will play out over the next several months