A new COVID-19 variant has emerged, serving as a reminder that the coronavirus continues to mutate and spread around the world, disproportionately affecting vulnerable populations.

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.

  • Kuori [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    1 year ago

    you’re correct, i was being a touch hyperbolic. iirc it’s like 23-27% effective or some shit, maybe in the 30s (it’s been a while)

    that said, a solid 70% of the doctors i see masking have it either under their nose or on their chin so shrug-outta-hecks