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Ask HN: What Happened to Covid Mutation?
I haven't heard about a new variant since Omicron. Has there just not been one that could compete with it yet? Could this be the "last variant" like people thought it might be?
- dsp 5y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lineage_BA.2 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lineage_BA.2
- PaulHoule 5y agoThere is no guarantee but between so many people having been vaccinated or having had it or both there is less opportunity for a new variant than there was.
- sp332 5y agoAs dsp linked, a variant of Omicron known as BA.2 has become dominant in some countries and is ramping up in NY.
- JoeyBananas 5y agoPeople stopped over-reacting to covid because that kind of response started becoming way too expensive
- triyambakam 5y agoI think the media figured out that most people are tired of hearing about it, so now they're focusing on keeping people afraid with news about Russian and Ukraine