Omicron subvariants resistant to key antibody treatments are increasing every week in the U.S.

According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are two omicron subvariants that are resistant to certain treatments.

The subvariants BQ.1 and BQ. 1.1 now represent 27% of infections in the U.S., a significant jump from the week prior when they made up about 16% of new cases.

The dominant variant of Omicron is diminishing. According to the data, it now represents 50% of infections in the U.S., a decrease from the previous week.

President Joe Biden warned people with compromised immune systems that they were at risk this winter because the treatments weren't effective.

According to the National Institute of Health, BQ.1 and BQ. 1.1 are likely resistant to bebtelovimab.

People with moderately or severely compromised immune systems take two injections of Evusheld to prevent Covid-19. Bebtelovimab is used to treat infections.

Biden told people with weak immune systems to talk to their doctors. The U.S. is running out of options to treat the vulnerable because Congress failed to pass more money for the nation's Covid response.

As the Pandemic went on, we hoped to expand our medicine cabinet, according to Jha. The medicine cabinet has shrunk because of the lack of Congressional funding.

It is not clear how well the new boosters will protect against BQ. 1 and BQ. 1.1. The boosters should offer better protection than the old shots due to the fact that they are descended from the ba.5 vaccine.

The omicron boosters did not do as well as the old shots against BA.5. The studies were too small to make a conclusive conclusion, according to the FDA.

The White House Covid task force believes that the new shots will prove to be more effective than the first generation vaccines.

It is reasonable to expect that the new vaccines will give better protection against infections, better protection against transmission, and better protection against serious illness, according to Jha.

The omicron booster and the flu shot should be given to all eligible Americans by Halloween so that they are protected when families start gathering for the holiday season.