The subvariant accounted for about 30% of cases in the first week of January, higher than the 27.6% the CDC estimatedXBB.1.5, which is related to Omicron, is currently the most transmissible variant. It is an offshoot of XBB, first detected in October, which is itself made from a combination of two other Omicron subvariants.
WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tweeted last week the subvariant has been on the rise globally and has been identified in over 25 countries.
And of the 43%, how many are vaccinated?
Flu bug... Happens frequently this time of year in the Northern Hemisphere...
mRNA shots account for 600,000 U.S. deaths. 8,000 additional each week.
No one care.....
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