BA.5 causes more severe disease

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Generally, infections tend to milder the second or third time round.


Danny Altmann, professor of immunology, Imperial College: London Omicron is poorly immunogenic, which means that catching it offers little extra protection against catching it again

Prof Tim Spector: There are definitely a lot of people who got Covid at the start of the year who are getting it again, including some with BA.4/5 who had BA.1/2 just four months ago rare to be reinfected with within three months. BA.2.12.1, BA.4 and BA.5 escape antibodies elicited by Omicron infection

https://www.nature.com/articles/s4158…

UK infections continue upwards:

https://health-study.joinzoe.com/data

Reinfections now common:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/he…

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/s…