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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    1 year ago

    > I did all the right things […] > > I still caught CV19 twice.

    One can do all the right things and still win the bad lottery. It’s about reducing risk on the whole so all our chances are reduced.