Oh No, Must be an Election!

How can we tell?

• A new Covid variant is spreading across the U.S. and it may be able to evade protection from current vaccines.

  The variant, known as BA.3.2, has been detected in nasal swabs taken from four American travelers and clinical samples from five patients in four unidentified states. It’s also been found in three airplane wastewater samples and 132 wastewater samples taken in more than 20 states, suggesting that its reach is actually far more widespread than what scientists see right now.

Four cases!!!!  SHUT IT DOWN!!!!

Wait, is it here?

• BA.3.2 has been found in California, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Wyoming, Louisiana, Michigan and Ohio.

AAAAAAAAAAAH!!!! Illinois!?!?!?!  Quick, someone evacuate the governor's family to Florida and fly the daughter's horses down on a private flight!!!

How many dead already????

• The variant was detected in hospitalized patients in December and January in three unidentified U.S. states.

  The patients included two hospitalized older adults with additional health conditions - including one who had been admitted for heart care - and a young child who received outpatient care.

  All of the patients survived and the researchers said detection in hospitalized patients does “not necessarily indicate that the variant causes more severe disease, nor does it establish any association with risk factors.”

Oh.

So 100% survivable, doesn't effect kids to the point of hospitalization and one of hte two hospitalized adults had a contributing health factor.

Just like the original virus.