'Sister’ sub-variant will overtake Omicron in a month - but it’s 'as mild'

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THE ‘sister’ sub-variant of Omicron is set to overtake the original within a month. It is thought to be able to spread slightly faster – but currently isn’t believed to be a…

Cases have risen in the past few days, with this thought to be sparked by schools going back.

Prof Spector said: "It [BA. 2] makes up five per cent of the UK data currently, if it goes on this trajectory it could well takeover within a month. Prof Francois Balloux, Professor of Computational Systems Biology and Director, UCL Genetics Institute, UCL, said the two strains are “about 20 mutations apart”.It means anyone who has already had the fierce Omicron variant is likely to have “robust immunity” against the new one.

 

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So nothing to report then 🤷‍♀️

If I catch both is it insest

What variant of the Flu or the common cold are we on?

Fascinating

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