With a new subvariant of the novel coronavirus now dominant in the U.S., vaccinated people may be more likely to develop Covid-19 but still be protected from serious disease, according to preliminary reports.
The XBB.1.5 subvariant "has raised concerns about another potential wave of Covid cases following the busy holiday travel season" but "There’s no indication it causes more severe illness than any other omicron virus, Dr. Barbara Mahon, director of CDC’s Coronavirus and Other Respiratory Viruses Division, told NBC News. . . . The CDC projected Friday that about 40% of confirmed U.S. Covid cases are caused by the XBB.1.5 strain, up from 20% a week ago."
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Newly dominant variant more likely to evade Covid-19 antibodies, but so far not seen as more likely to cause serious disease
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