New COVID variant with immune escape potential confirmed in US, 22 other countries
March 23, 2026
The highly mutated SARS-CoV-2 BA.3.2 variant, which has been reported by at least 23 countries as of February 11, has been detected in nasal swabs collected from four US travelers, clinical samples from five patients, three airplane wastewater samples, and 132 wastewater surveillance samples from 25 states
BA.3.2 mutations in the spike protein could reduce protection from a vaccination or infection, “continued genomic surveillance is needed to track SARS-CoV-2 evolution and determine its potential effect on public health,” they added.
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BA.3.2 represents a new lineage of SARS-CoV-2, genetically distinct from the JN.1 lineages that have circulated in the US since January 2024.
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New Covid variant has been identified and is already spreading in 25 states
Tue, March 24, 2026
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Researchers say the strain could evade protection from current Covid shots
COMMENT:It is worth mentioning
Covid can include
Long Covid as well.
N95 masks help prevent airborne illnesses and airborne diseases,
The Masked Man
P.S. People should be masking by now.
Man!, the maskless people really have it tough.. what a horrible way to live!
I tell you one thing I'd be freak'in out if I was maskless. I don't see how the maskless people can handle living like that day to day with that covid and long covid hanging over ya. To me it would be like some stranger you don't know or trust is right there over your shoulder all the time or always there behind you breathing down your neck. I wouldn't be able to sleep at night if I hadn't worn my mask in public that day... I'd be worrying all night thinking this covid, this new variant could really ruin me! I'd be wondering it was worth standing next to some maskless dummy out in public and if just because I talked to some stupid maskless person who was standing too close me could have given it to me.
Thank the heavens for my mask!... all I did today was ride my bike past some maskless moron in the sidewalk and I went way around him. I had my mask on of course so I should be fine.... I also went up to some maskless phone company guy who was in my yard looking at a telephone pole .. he informed me they are putting in some fast internet line .. I had my mask on for that too. I'm not stupid.. I'm not risking covid for a stupid frivolous encounter with a telephone guy or any fool out in public ... I stood far away from that maskless sitting duck, found out what he was doing in my yard, and then when I got back inside I just slap some soap over parts of my body and sprayed my bandannas and outer part of mask with just a little rubbing alcohol....
....So I'd say I probally won't get it like the maskless will. I should be fine ..right? It's all about
me, man!
At this stage I just concentrate on my own safety and I try to keep my distance from the maskless. God help them. So far so good for
me. I wear a mask so I don't keep the variants alive and I don't need divine interventions to save me from the risks of covid or long covid and I probably don't have to worry about giving it to my loved one wither because we mask and I wash my hands and change my clothes. It's an awesome feeling. What's really cool is I always mask outdoors anyway. This is a piece of cake for me.
I can't imagine waking up wondering if this will be a really bad bout of covid for the maskless this time round. That's why I mask! For who can live with the uncertainty or rather the certainty of getting covid! Who in there right mind would want to play around with that chance of long covid? I love my mask.... it keeps me from worrying as much about people that make me and each other sick.
I do wonder if with each new variant if it will be a really bad case of covid again for the maskless. Wear a mask it will help me feel safer for ya too!
