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I am also rather baffled. One thought is that "European" BA.3.2.2.2 (RE.2) got its earliest start in Germany & quickly ran through sub-set of susceptible population, so its "sub-wave" is genuinely now declining. Would love to know immune history of those who did catch BA 3.2.

The marked uptick of BA.3.2* frequency in France 🇫🇷has been confirmed by new sequences. #BA32

R to @snpoehlm: x.com/_CatintheHat/status/20…

R to @snpoehlm: x.com/gwladwr/status/2024813…

The posts below show a recent uptick in COVID cases among young children in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. This uptick is paralleled by a marked increase in BA.3.2* frequency, suggesting the two may be linked.

R to @snpoehlm: It will be interesting to see whether a similar rise in cases is observed in other European countries, or mainly in those with increasing BA.3.2* frequency. #BA32 #COVID19

The rise in frequency of BA.3.2* in Northern Ireland 🇬🇧 in January is paralleled by an increase in COVID cases among young children - see figure and post by @Gwladwr below. Same situation as reported by @_CatintheHat for England and Scotland. #BA32

Part 2: A highly interesting and concerning trend: the strong increase in BA.3.2* frequency in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 appears to be paralleled by a marked rise in COVID incidence among the very young. Worth close monitoring. #BA32

Thanks to vigilant @gwladwr. Why are Scottish KIDS all of a sudden making up larger proportion of COVID hospitalizations in Scotland? My thought: timing co-incident with rise of RE.2 (BA3.2.2.2). This suggests especially high incidence of BA.3.2 in KIDS. [Or higher severity]