# New Concerning Variant: B.1.1.529 - by Katelyn Jetelina - Your Local Epidemiologist

<https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/new-concerning-variant-b11529>

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## What Jamie wrote

Early reaction to the findings around what we now know as Omicron.

> Of these, some mutations have properties to escape antibody protection (i.e. outsmart our vaccines and vaccine-induced immunity). There are several mutations association with increased transmissibility. There is a mutation associated with increased infectivity.

Keep your masks around, and get your booster shots.

## Facts

- Kind: [Newsletter](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/newsletter/)

## Appears in

- [WT206: Weekly Thing #206 / Omicron, Overengineering, Endaoment](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/206/), Notable

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