Like the insect that stays underground for seventeen years only to emerge in a sudden swarm, BA.3.2 is a descendant of a lineage we have not seen since early 2022. It did not evolve from the variants that dominated last year. Instead, it reached back into the past, collected mutations, and reemerged. As of April 2026, this Cicada has landed in Hong Kong.

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