COVID Variant BA.2 is now the most prevalent in the US.
, BA.2 appears to be about 50 percent more transmissible than BA.1, and appears to be affecting more young people. There have also been reports that people who were infected with BA.1 were infected with BA.2 shortly after, suggesting that it can overcome vaccine or previous infection immunity, according toAt this time, it's unclear whether illness caused by the BA.2 variant is more or less severe in comparison to other iterations of the virus, Dr. Javaid says.
As for the symptoms of BA.2, Dr. Javaid says that they"are the same as what has been discussed for all other [COVID] variants."
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