New COVID variants may evade current treatments—or render them entirely ineffective, experts say

Fortune – Future COVID variants are expected to be more transmissible and perhaps better at evading the immune system. And they might even render treatments for patients like monoclonal antibodies “less effective,” the World Health Organization’s pandemic lead said Thursday. Van Kerkhove said that the WHO is keeping an eye on Omicron variants BA.5—currently dominant globally—and its descendents, in addition to BA.2.75, also known as “Centaurus,” and its spawn, BA.2.75.2, among others. Related PREPRINT Paper