Researcher discusses start of BA.2.12.1 variant in Central New York that has now become dominant.

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Upstate Medical University Professor Frank Middleton, PhD in neuroscience and a neurobiologist. I knew Prof. Middleton a decade+ ago in the local youth sports scene and he was always very calm and soft spoken.

The nearly 22 minute video will appear in the black banner and to the right of the "Newsmakers: Upstate Professor Discovered New Omicron Variant by: Andrew Donovan." It's worth the wait and the watch.

He explains everything very well and the takeaway is that COVID-19 is not going away anytime soon.

https://www.localsyr.com/news/newsmakers/newsmakers-upstate-professor-discovered-new-omicron-variant/

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1. "COVID-19 is not going away anytime soon." This is why I will continue masking

when I am out in public and forgo eating indoors at restaurants. I am fully vaxxed and boosted and consider it a small inconvenience for the increased safety it offers.

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2. I got my vaccines, but I'm still masking. My county is in high transmission again.

Most of the people I know who got Covid in the last 2 surges in my area were vaccinated and boosted. Someone in my extended family just got 4th dose of Pfizer at the beginning of April and tested positive for Covid on April 28.

I'm immune compromised so I have no desire to play Covid and Long Covid roulette when it's so easy to put on a mask to give myself additional protection.