New COVID variant BA.2.86 detected in Japan amid wave of infections

While there’s no evidence so far that it causes more severe illness, experts say it may be more capable of infecting people who have been previously infected with the coronavirus or vaccinated with older versions of COVID-19 shots.

Well, that's interesting. They didn't provide a link for the 'expoerts', but, OK, where does that leave people? So, according to this story, if you got the last covid shot, you're more susceptible to the next covid.

Hmmm...