How evasive and transmissible is the newest omicron offshoot, BA.2.86, that causes COVID-19? 4 questions answered

<https://theconversation.com/how-evasive-and-transmissible-is-the-newest-omicron-offshoot-ba-2-86-that-causes-covid-19-4-questions-answered-212453>

"The latest variant, or sublineage, of SARS-CoV-2 to emerge on the scene,
BA.2.86, has public health experts on alert as COVID-19 hospitalizations begin
to rise and the new variant makes its way across the globe.

The Conversation asked Suresh V. Kuchipudi, a virologist and infectious
disease expert at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, to
explain what researchers know about BA.2.86’s ability to dodge immune
protection and whether it causes more severe infection than its predecessors."

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