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.

  • June@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    i only mask for drs offices, the dentist, and other high risk environments.

    if i worked with the general public or lived/interacted with high risk individuals on the regular, i’d behave differently.