Weirder Covid Coming Next
The next U.S. COVID wave is coming. Why it will be 'much weirder than before.' Andrew Romano Fri, October 14, 2022, 4:00 AM · 9 min read In this article: Coronavirus Ad: 0:09 0:20 CDC drops traveler health notices for individual countries Unless you’re a real-life virologist — or unless you enjoy playing one on Twitter — it has become pretty much impossible to keep up with all of the latest coronavirus variants. First they were named after Greek letters, like Omicron. Easy enough. Then came a few short, Star Wars-esque alphanumerics, like BA.5. Fine. But in recent weeks, COVID trackers have suddenly been subjected to a dizzying barrage of BA.4.6s and BF.7s and BA.2.75.2s and BQ.1.1s. There’s even an ominous new sublineage called XBB. Scroll to continue with content Ad READ MO For most Americans — the bulk of whom appear to be “over” COVID anyway — that’s far too many numbers and letters to grasp. Easier to just tune it all out , http:// y say. Call me wh...