COVID19 variant P.1 (aka: Gamma) was also incredibly immune evasive. But Delta spread more than it, so Delta ended up being the dominant strain.<p>Immunity evasion is certainly a useful trick, but its not enough to become dominant. IMO, just wait around and see which variants show exponential growth. Currently, that's the BA.5 variant (but we're on the tail-end of this cycle).<p>BQ.1 is really the new variant of concern IMO, just reaching over the 10% mark in the past week or so, and continuing to grow seemingly exponentially.
FYI:<p>What We Know About All the New Covid Variants : <a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/what-to-know-new-covid-variants-bq-1-bq-1-1-xbb-bf-7.html" rel="nofollow">https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/what-to-know-new-cov...</a><p>CDC - SARS-CoV-2 Variant Classifications and Definitions : <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/variants/variant-classifications.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/variants/variant-c...</a>