In Oct. 12, there were more than 1.66 million COVID-19 cases recorded across the continent up from more than 1.53 million cases recorded in Oct. 5.
"I think there's a very reasonable expectation that the vaccines, especially with the new boosters, will provide good protection," said Brownstein. "But we're still missing a lot of real-world data, especially given that these new sort of omicron variants of BA.5 and BA.4 are starting to take hold in various parts of the world."
Chin-Hong said it's also reasonable to expect, as with previous variants, that those most at risk are Americans with the least amount of protection. "I think it's too early to tell the level of concern," Brownstein said. "Of course, everyone should be concerned about how new variants emerge, especially when there's uneven vaccination across the U.S and then across the globe."
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