Austria is the first European country where Pentagon / #Hexagon may already be dominant
Hospitalizations are rising faster than any of their Delta or Omicron waves. I don't know what to make of it at this point, but needs to be watched in case there has been a change to severity
Hospitalizations are rising faster than any of their Delta or Omicron waves. I don't know what to make of it at this point, but needs to be watched in case there has been a change to severity
I don't want to read too much into this yet, but it seems unusual so far.
Any information from boots on the ground doctors or nurses in Austria? Has there been a change to patient presentation in the past few weeks? increased O2 needed or chest Xray abnormalities?
Any information from boots on the ground doctors or nurses in Austria? Has there been a change to patient presentation in the past few weeks? increased O2 needed or chest Xray abnormalities?
The current bundle of Pentaton / Hexagon Variants in Austria are:
BN.1 (50%)
BQ.1.1 (16%)
BY.1 (13%)
XBB (10%)
BN.1 (50%)
BQ.1.1 (16%)
BY.1 (13%)
XBB (10%)
@JosetteSchoenma @EllingUlrich and @RajlabN pointed out that Austria has a selection bias on sampling for genetic sequencing, so BN.1, BY.1, and XBB are likely overrepresented, but not BQ.1.1.
To me, BA.5 alone does not seem like it can explain the spike in hospitalizations, since it has been dominant there for months, and caused a relatively small wave of hospitalizations in July. What has changed? Is hosp data accurate?
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