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.

  • AOCapitulator [they/them, she/her]
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    1 year ago

    I still caught CV19 twice. Maybe it didn't affect me as intensely as if I had not been vaccinated, who knows, but it fucked me up badly each time.

    there being a few 2000 year old roman bridges doesn't mean they were good at building bridges that last a long time, they built LOTS of bridges and a couple out of tens and tens of thousands survived

    survivorship bias