example, it s really just a false narrative. it doesn t apply to the majority of americans. he definitely doesn t apply to the wage workers who are disproportionately, they don t have health insurance, and disproportionately don t have paid sick leave, and have to choose between going to work and potentially infecting others, or losing their income. so, white house chief of staff, ron klain, actually tweeted act out about that opened by dr. wen, calling biden s covid, a teaching moment for the country. so, on the one hand, we have some members of the administration, like ron klain, echoing the notion that everyone will inevitably be exposed to covid, likely infected, you just go back to work, you ll be fine. on the other hand, as she shot, biden s coronavirus response coordinator has also been working about the new variant. it s high degree of quote on quote, immune escape. he s warned about the risk of reinfection that this spring poses. what should the descriptions
and so far, that has worked out okay. perhaps until now many experts say this new strain of the virus, ba.5, is changing the playing field under our feet as we try to finally defeat this virus. the reason is something called immune escape. ba.5 is getting around the immunity built by recent covid infections and vaccines better than previous strains did. already, daily case numbers are trending upward. take a look it s on the right side of the screen it doesn t look like much but it s a bit of a trend because of ba.5. anecdotally, it just feels like more and more people around us are testing positive. hospitalizations in this country have also been trending up steadily, since our most recent covid spike in may and june. we know from our winter battle with the original omicron variant that if this virus can create enough new cases quickly, there can be crippling spikes in hospitalizations, even if it is not a whole lot more virulent than previous strains. so, i have questions abo
accounts for more than half of the country s covid cases. we know it is more contagious than any previous strain we have come across so far. and experts say there are some early signs that this variant might make you slightly sicker than previous strains. we are waiting to get more data about that. but here is why it matters. let s have a look at that chart again. what does it tell you? it tells you, yes, ba. 5 is the dominant strain. you can see that on the right side. it also tells you that this virus keeps on changing. it keeps mutating. every couple of months it looks like there is a different dominant variant or sub variant. every couple of months, the most prominent color on this graph changes. the vaccines and treatment we currently rely on to rein in this virus are based on old strains of coronavirus. and so far, that has worked out okay. perhaps until now many experts say this new strain of the virus, ba. 5, is changing the playing field under our feet as we try to finally d
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In a recent study published in the journal Vaccines, researchers revealed how severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron evades neutralizing antibodies (nAbs).