According to the Food and Drug Administration, current COVID-19 vaccines are not well matched against the BA.2 subvariant of Omicron. Changes to future boosters are being discussed by experts. Is America going to dodge the bullet? The original, hyper-contagious Omicron strain has been wreaking havoc across Europe, triggering steep and sudden resurgences of infections. Since the pre-vaccine era, COVID-19 hospitalizations have not been higher in England. The fear was that BA.2 would cause a surge in the U.S. If America is lucky, the next phase of the Pandemic could be a less dangerous and disruptive type of COVID. There is no question that the U.S. cases are rising. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced last week that the new variant had achieved nationwide dominance after it was detected in 45% of COVID-19 samples. In Washington, D.C. and New York, the average case counts have increased over the last two weeks. It won't be a surprise if the same pattern plays out in other cities and states this spring. If BA.2 spiked in the U.S. it would be a surprise. There are several reasons for this. The second is that BA.2 is moving too slowly to cause a surge in the U.S. The CDC estimates that the newer subvariant accounts for at least 70% of new COVID cases nationwide. America recorded 300,000 cases on the day that Omicron BA.1 hit 73%. The curve was straight. The number is about 30,000 today. The US is recording fewer test results now than it was in the past due to the availability of at- home tests. Thompson is correct that the ones that register on COVID tracking sites are down. America averaged more than 1.7 million of these tests per day back in December, but now it is less than half that. The full extent of the virus's spread is not known. The U.S. has never detected all infections through testing. The rate of transmission is assessed by the percentage of tests coming back positive. The positivity rate was 8% on December 20. It is less than half of the number. The current positivity rate is 3% in New York, which is widely seen as America's BA.2 bellwether. It's up from a low of 1.5% in early March. The state experienced an increase from 5% to 22% after Omicron BA.1 exploded. The point is that BA.2 is spreading. The cases are going up because of it. It will cause cases to go up in different parts of the country. It's starting from a lower level than Omicron BA.1 and so we are not in for a big increase. Why? Waves don't rise forever, but rather peak at a predictable pace. Across Europe, where BA.2 infections are already in decline, it is also happening in Canada. In New York City, a similar pattern may be emerging. The rate at which cases have been growing peaked in late March and has already started to come down, all while hospitalizations have remained nearly flat. This suggests that local cases could soon top out at a fraction of their winter Omicron heights, with little of the severe disease and death that accompanied that harrowing surge. The pandemic is over. An estimated 7 million Americans are immunocompromised, no children under the age of 5 have been vaccinations, and COVID looms as a real concern. Millions of seniors are unvaccinated. Even if Omicron BA.1 does not spark another wave, it still poses the same individual risk to one's health. People should be aware of the risks in congregate settings. The vulnerable can no longer rely on indoor mask mandates to protect them from exposure. Americans are pretty much on their own when it comes to being careful. The Biden administration's modest request for a $10 billion federal investment in surveillance, therapeutic, boosters and next-generation vaccines, all meant to prepare America for new variant and future surge, may never survive the deeply partisan Senate. Americans could come to regret that mistake. Critics complain about the country's first. Surge is the Atlantic's description of how the U.S. is to meet the next serious outbreak. The U.S. doesn't seem like it will be as hard hit as the U.K. The strongest theory has to do with immunity and the fact that the fresh antibodies produced by the recent Omicron BA.1 infection prevent the BA.2 sister lineage from reinfecting the same person. Vaccination and boosters help shield against infections and are good at blocking disease. At a meeting of the Food and Drug Administration advisory board earlier this week, a leading virologist estimated that 50% of Americans had been exposed to Omicron in the previous 10 weeks. More than 200,000 Americans have died since early December due to infections that were enabled by lagging vaccination rates and lapsing mitigation measures. They help shield those who were fortunate enough to survive from the worst of BA.2 and to hinder spread in a way that much of Europe lacks. If that is the case, America's BA.2 will be bumped, with people staying home for a few days, getting better, and getting on with life. There are two possible scenarios for the next year, one of which is a new wildly diverging virus. He thinks that the future surge might look more like BA.2 than BA.1. Then, fingers crossed. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, was the latest in a growing number of prominent Washington, D.C. figures to test positive for COVID-19. According to Pelosi's spokesman, no one connected to the event has gotten seriously ill. In recent weeks, many Americans who have been mostly cautious for the last two years, like Pelosi, have been gathering indoors. Many of them will see BA.2 this spring. Unless trends change dramatically, this won't herald another surge. 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