Here we go again.
Public health officials warned of a new COVID variant, BA.3.2, or “cicada,” that could evade vaccines.
Here’s the thing. They don’t know for sure that the variant can evade the vaccine, but hey, why not stir the pot?
For crying out loud:
“We don’t know yet if it can evade the vaccine, but we’re worried that it can,” [Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine’s Dr. Marc J.] Kahn said.The new variant comes amidst allergy season. Some symptoms overlap, like sneezing and runny eyes. However, there are some differentiating factors.“Most infections like COVID have some of those symptoms, but also tend to have sore throat and fever,” Kahn said.
Cicada is a growth of the BA 3 variant, which first appeared four years ago.
Officials detected the variant in wastewater in 25 states.
However, the CDC detected the variant in only four travelers who provided voluntary nasal swabs.
So, yeah.
Every virus mutates. It’s trying to survive, which means it has to change and adapt.
You know, something most humans cannot or refuse to do these days.
In other words, we’ll always see new COVID mutations, as we do with the flu.
I enjoy writing about these variants only because we can laugh at people.
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