Subvariant patterns are in flux, with BA.5 Omicron lineages still dominant, but XBB.1.5 gaining ground.
Conservative physicians were five times more likely than their peers to say that they would treat a hypothetical COVID-19 patient with hydroxychloroquine.
All genomes belonged to the existing 123 Pango lineage, demonstrating no persistently dominant SARS-CoV-2 variants or new strains.
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