« On whether 🦠 BA.2.86 will cause a new wave of Covid cases akin to Alpha or Omicron in years past, I cannot say. With so few cases of 🦠 BA.2.86 to date and so little data on its pathogenicity, many questions remain. » ( Eric Topol )

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