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 still mask up. I get “you know, you don’t have to wear that any more” concern trolling from grillman and maybe-later-honey maybe-later-kiddo and very-intelligent alike sometimes.