Why Omicron quickly became a variant of concern

Ars Technica
By John TimmerNov 27, 2021, 12:54 pm437 ptsTrending
Enlarge / That's a lot of mutations. (credit: Stanford) On Friday, the World Health Organization officially named a new version of the SARS-CoV-2 virus a variant of concern, and attached the Greek letter omicron to the designation. The Omicron variant is notable for the sheer number of mutations in the spike…

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