Omicron Offshoot, Dubbed Xbb.1.5

First we had soup
Then we had grandchildren
Now we have swarms!
It’s unbearable…
but remember it’s SCIENCE
“SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, continues to spread through NSW driven by a swarm of Omicron subvariants.
As the pandemic enters its fourth year, a new COVID-19 subvariant that is spreading fast in the US and leading to increasing hospitalisations has been detected in Australia, where high transmission rates have also led to the country’s first homegrown strain.
Virologist Associate Professor Stuart Turville said his team had already detected about eight samples of the US’s Omicron offshoot, dubbed XBB.1.5, in Australia.”