It's unclear if the new subvariant causes any unfamiliar symptoms that haven't already been documented by other Omicron subvariants.

As part of a new risk evaluation released Wednesday, the World Health Organization bumped EG.5 to the same standing as XBB.1.5 and XBB.1.6, which are also members of the Omicron family tree.

  • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]
    hexbear
    29
    10 months ago

    God, it was such a horrible idea for our governments to stop tracking covid properly. Straight up criminal neglect. It's terrifying to watch.