There's a new omicron subvariant taking over: BA.5. Scientists expect it will soon be responsible for most COVID-19 infections. But how dangerous is it? And what protection can vaccines offer?
There's a new omicron subvariant taking over: BA.5. Scientists expect it will soon be responsible for most COVID-19 infections. But how dangerous is it? And what protection can vaccines offer?
you know, subvariant put in there, and it could be available by late summer. now, a couple of things to remember about omicron and these new variants. well, they re out there and they re growing very quickly, they seem to be giving the same kind of mild or relatively mild illness that the original omicron did, so that s definitely good news, and i know some people this is what i thought when i heard this i thought, great, so they came up with an omicron booster, by the time it comes out in late summer, omicron s a thing of the past and we ve got a whole new greek letter to contend with. still, what s important to say is that any kind of covid booster is better than nothing. people who have the original vaccine are still way better protected against omicron than they are compared to people who got no vaccine at all. so any vaccination is a good thing. hopefully omicron will stick around and this booster will be effective against it. we re also learning that the fda could actually