New Concerning Variant: B.1.1.529 - by Katelyn Jetelina - Your Local Epidemiologist
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/new-concerning-variant-b11529
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.