Is BA.2 about to surge in America the way it’s surging in Europe?
There are already some clues that it might not — and the coming days could provide even more reason for cautious optimism.
Across the pond, the BA.2 subvariant of Omicron — which is at least 30% more transmissible than its sister lineage — has sent COVID-19 case counts soaring again at the very moment when most Western European countries seemed to be putting their massive winter waves behind them.
In the U.K., cases have more than tripled over the last three and a half weeks, skyrocketing from about 27,000 to nearly 87,000 per day. Across the European Union, new
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