According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the majority of new Covid infections in the U.S. will be resistant to omicron subvariants.
The percentage of new Covid cases made up of Omicron subvariants has increased. The subvariants will likely dominate in the next week.
29% of new infections are caused by the once dominant omicron BA. 5.
People with compromised immune systems, such as organ transplant patients and people on cancer treatment, are at risk.
People with compromised immune systems often don't respond to the Covid vaccines and need additional medication to protect them from the virus.
Many people with moderate or severely compromised immune systems take a cocktail that protects them from disease. It is given two times a year.
The National Institute of Health says that BQ.1 and BQ. 1.1 are likely resistant to Evusheld. As these subvariants become dominant, people with compromised immune systems are at increased risk.
BQ.1 and BQ. 1.1 are likely to be resistant to bebtelovimab, a drug that can be used to prevent severe disease from Covid.
Organ transplant patients can't take the pill because of the way Paxlovid interacts with other drugs
The U.S. is at a crossroads in the Pandemic as the more immune evasive BQ subvariants increase weekly according to the White House chief medical advisor.
Fauci said that some of the tools in the armamentarium may be wiped out if newer versions become more dominant than they are.
There are no substitute drugs for Evusheld. Congress failed to pass additional funding for the nation's Pandemic response. Since the spring, Republicans have blocked more Covid funds.
The White House said last month that they hoped to expand their medicine cabinet as a result of the Pandemic.
The medicine cabinet has shrunk because of the lack of Congressional funding.
People with compromised immune systems have been altered by President Joe Biden. The president told them to talk to their doctors.
Fauci said people who face a high risk from Covid should wear masks indoors and people who have vulnerable individuals in their homes should do the same.
Fauci said that people should take rapid Covid tests before going to social gatherings where vulnerable people will be present. Everyone who is eligible should get a flu shot.
He said that it was a good way of making sure you don't spread infections, so utilization of tests, wearing masks, and getting vaccinations.
The omicron BA.5 boosters should provide enough protection for the general population against BQ.1 and BQ. 1.1 because they are related to BA.5.
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