2nd American With Omicron Variant Was at Anime Convention Days Before Diagnosis

Will an anime convention turn out to be an Omicron variant superspreader event? A Minnesota man who attended the three-day convention in New York City just became the second person in the United States to test positive for the new variant. The patient tested positive for COVID-19 on November 22, the day after he returned from the sold out convention attended by 53,000 people at the Javits Center. He was fully vaccinated and had a booster shot, and his symptoms were mild.