Omicron BA.2 variant is spreading in U.S. and may soon pick up speed : Shots - Health News : NPR:
Omicron is still infecting more than 100,000 people and killing about 2,000 people every day in the U.S. So even though BA.2 doesn’t appear to make people sicker than the original omicron, just slowing down the decline in new cases would translate to more serious illness and death.
