New variant: omicron

[Hurlburt88]

I think the latest variant is referred to by "omicron" although yesterday morning one article called it "nu".   Potentially more transmissible and with 50 mutations some concern about evading established immunity--although one article this morning implied that the vast majority of hospitalized cases in South Africa are unvaccinated persons.   To me it will be interesting to see if it fizzles or if it truly takes hold and challenges delta's current dominance.   I am also interested if it gives rise to boosters tweaked to this variant.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/26/pfizer-b...st-it.html