While XBB.1.5 is more transmissible than other omicron variants, catching it isn’t inevitable.
: We think so. Because to be very efficient at infecting cells is a really important superpower if you are a virus.
: It’s complicated. If it were March 2020, it would be a very simple answer: Yes. But in January of 2023, you have so much variation in the amount of experience people have toward COVID, even if it’s a different type. That [second] kind of person is, for example, in China. In China, XBB.1.5 might cause a lot of problems. But XBB.1.5 going to, you know, the middle of Manhattan might not cause as many problems in a highly vaccinated and exposed group of people.
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