The variant is called EG.5 and is a descendant of Omicron.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that EG.5 accounted for roughly 17.3 per cent — or one in six — of new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. in the past two weeks.

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      3 years ago

      Is it though? It’s an omicron subvariant that doesn’t seem to be any worse that its predecessors and the annual booster update is likely to get authorized in a few weeks.

      This is the new normal. Covid mutates like flu, and each year will have covid and flu shots in the fall.

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      3 years ago

      Don’t worry. CoViD still cares about. And if you don’t care about yourself, CoViD will use you to go meet your friends.

      Sorry you’re bored of responsibility.