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In his interview, Hopkins cautioned that the summer COVID surge is starting earlier than expected."I suspect it's going to increase," said Hopkins."It seems like we're seeing more and more states showing increased levels of activity." "When we look at their molecular profile, some of those mutations potentially could allow the to escape from previous immunity," noted Hopkins.also told HuffPost that the FLiRT surge is"predominately by those changes in the virus that are probably resulting in it being able to better get around preexisting immunity."of COVID cases, per the CDC. Presently, KP.1.1 and KP.2 are responsible for 7.5 and 22.5 percent of cases, respectively.
Of course, there's an added concern that more people may get sick because they haven't received the most recent boosters. As of May, onlyBetween high levels of contagiousness and the increase in large gatherings, summer could turn into one giant super-spreader, warned experts.