re: Honest apolitical question. Covid.

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BA.2.86 may be more capable of causing infection in people who have previously had COVID-19 or who have received COVID-19 vaccines.

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This is confusingly worded. "More capable" here is a comparison between strains - that is, it has been speculated that this strain may be more likely to cause infection in previously infected or vaccinated people than other strains. It's starting to seem like this isn't true, though:

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But three studies released since the weekend, along with Moderna's new data, suggest the variant, nicknamed Pirola, isn't so bad — at least for now, said Dr. Eric Topol, professor and executive vice president of Scripps Research in La Jolla, California.

"It's been downgraded from a hurricane to not even a tropical storm. We're lucky," Topol said. "This one could have been really bad."

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