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New Covid Variant BA.4.6 Outcompeting Dominant BA.5 Across Swath Of U.S. For First Time
The Centers for Disease Control’s weekly variant proportions data update today offered the clearest indication yet that a new Omicron strain dubbed BA.4.6 may be able to outcompete now-dominant BA.5 in the United States.
While BA.4.6 has been in the U.S. since at least May, it remained below 2% of new cases sequenced…
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By Tom Tapp
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New Mutant Covid Variant From India, BA.2.75, Detected In California & 6 Other States, Raising Concern About Fall 2022 Wave
Just one week after BA.5 had outcompeted all other Covid strains become dominant in the U.S., a new highly-mutated Omicron subvariant has arrived which may begin the cycle all over again.
According to the World Health Organization, “BA.2.75 has nine additional mutations in the spike compared to BA.2.” Some of those…
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By Tom Tapp
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California’s Covid Test Positivity Nearing Record Level & Still Rising Due To BA.5
Last December 15, as the original Omicron wave gained serious momentum, California reinstituted a statewide indoor mask mandate. State Public Health Officer Tomás Aragón said the move was “to add a layer of mitigation as the Omicron variant, a Variant of Concern as labeled by the World Health Organization, increased…
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By Tom Tapp
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Omicron BA.5: One Variant To Rule Them All…For Now
Today, the more-infectious Omicron BA.5 subvariant is officially the dominant Covid strain in the U.S. Up until how, BA.5 has been tied to its sister Omicron subvariant, BA.4, as both had steadily outcompeted BA.2.12.1 — which itself had been driving cases for the past month or so.
After the original Omicron variant…
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By Tom Tapp
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Most Of California Now In The CDC’s “High” Covid Level As State’s Test Positivity Soars
Residents of the vast majority of California’s 58 counties should be wearing masks, according to the CDC. That’s because 40 of those counties are now designated communities with “High” Covid levels. Less than one month ago, the number was 13.
The decision to return to mandated face coverings is not up to the CDC…
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By Tom Tapp
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Los Angeles Covid Cases Approach Highest Daily Total In 4 Months As Long Holiday Weekend Nears
Ahead of the July 4 weekend, Los Angeles County today reported 6,529 daily Covid infections, which is very nearly the highest total the county has seen since early February. Only the 7,209 recorded on May 31 is higher.
L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said earlier this week that daily infection…
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By Tom Tapp
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New Omicron Subvariants Are Now Officially Dominant Covid Strains In U.S.
A little over a month after the more transmissible BA.2.12.1 Omicron subvariant became officially dominant in the U.S. on May 24, two sister subvariants of Omicron have quickly eclipsed BA.2.12.1 across the country.
BA.5 and BA.4 are, like BA.2.12.1, more transmissible, but have the added advantage of reportedly being…
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By Tom Tapp
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BA.5 Omicron Is Winning The Covid Variant Battle In The U.S., Especially In The Southwest
The BA.5 Omicron variant, first identified in South Africa on February 26, now seems to have an edge in the competition for dominance across the United States.
Three Covid variants are currently on the rise as the country experiences a summer surge in cases. All are members of the Omicron family. While BA.5 still only…
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By Tom Tapp
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CDC Recommends Mask Mandates For Nearly One-Quarter Of California Counties As Summer Covid Surge Builds
Under current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, 13 of California’s 58 counties moved today into “high” levels of Covid and are supposed to require masks in indoor public spaces. They include some of the state’s most populous counties, like Santa Clara and Sacramento as well as some of its…
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By Tom Tapp
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“Battle Of Omicron” Being Won By New BA.4 And BA.5 Variants As Overlapping Covid Waves Hit U.S.
Estimates released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today indicate that the share of cases tied to Omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5 increased 79% in the past week. That means, even as the more transmissible BA.2.12.1 Omicron subvariant became officially dominant in the U.S. last week, it’s already being…
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By Tom Tapp
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Omicron BA.2.12.1 Becomes Dominant Covid Variant in U.S., Accounting For 58% Of New Cases
Two months is all it took.
In mid-March, Omicron BA.2.12.1 and sister subvariant BA.2.12.2 made up only 1.5% of newly-sequenced positive tests in the U.S. Today, they comprise 57.9% of all new positive Covid test samples sequenced to determine the variant involved. And that roughly 58% is likely just about all…
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By Tom Tapp
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Health Officials Consider Mask Mandates As Covid Cases & Hospitalizations Surge
There’s a growing chorus from public health officials being heard across the country this week, and it consists of one just word: “Masks.”
Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer on a Zoom with reporters today recommended, “Everyone two years of age and older should wear a mask in indoor gatherings…
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By Tom Tapp
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