People and public entities keep acting as if covid's gone away, but as long as we have people who refuse to wear masks or get vaccinated, they're offering themselves up as willing incubators for another variant. Via the Los Angeles Times: The growing dominance of two new ultra-contagious Omicron subvariants is prolonging a wave of coronavirus cases in California and sparking growing concerns from health officials that coming weeks could see significant spread and increased hospitalizations. BA.4 and BA.5 are now believed to be responsible for most new infections nationwide.

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