New Variant Of COVID

Houston is reporting at least three new cases of a variant of the COVID variant Omicron. The new variant, BA.2, arose around the same time as BA.1, or what we think of as Omicron. The good news is it doesn’t seem to be more severe than the Omicron that’s overwhelmed the country. The bad news is it’s just as transmissible. Only time will tell whether or not it takes off in the U.S.