**Tracking circulating variants in 🔔New York🔔 (Bellweather state) #OMICRON XBB.1.5 is the dominant #SARSCoV2 lineage in NY. (#15DAYTrends):
XBB.1.5 (55.3%)👀
BQ.1.1 (12.5%)
BQ.1 (7.2%)
XBB.1 (4.0%)
BQ.1.1.4 (2.6%)*
Rise of highly immune evasive XBB* family of lineages especially XBB.1.5 (Key mutation: Spike F486P) in NY is concerning*** (@RajlabN, Assistant Dean of Research and Associate Professor, NYITCOM) https://fortune.com/well/2022/11/04/new-york-ny-emerging-hot-spot-xbb-omicron-covid-surge-variant-singapore-bq-becomes-dominant-us-cdc-gisaid-pandemic-epidemic-endemic-fall-winter-wave/
#Omicron 🔥 #Hotspots 🔥 #XBB_1_5 #usnewyorknewjersey 🧬

🚨💉⚠️ALARMINGLY🚨💉⚠️: "Overall, vaccination with or without prior SARS-CoV-2 infection and even booster shots of novel bivalent (WA1-BA.5) mRNA vaccines did not confer protection against any of the four Omicron XB and BQ subvariants" (Tom Andrews @0bj3ctivity, See the wood for the trees.)
https://www.news-medical.net/amp/news/20221216/SARS-CoV-2-Omicron-BQ-and-XBB-subvariants-show-exceptional-immune-evasion-properties.aspx 21DEC2022 🔥 #Hotspots #covid19newvariantsupdatesinfo 🧬 Om🕉's #usnewsupdatessitreps #usnewyorknewjersey 🧬 #omicronvariant #covid19virustransmission #usgovernmentupdates 🌊 #XBB1_5 #BQ