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submitted 1 year ago by girlfreddy@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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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[-] variants_of_concern@lemmy.one 24 points 1 year ago
[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Is it though? It’s an omicron subvariant that doesn’t seem to be any worse that its predecessors and the annual booster update is likely to get authorized in a few weeks.

This is the new normal. Covid mutates like flu, and each year will have covid and flu shots in the fall.

[-] twistypencil@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago

Long covid implications are worrisome, multiple reinfections are one of the few things we know are not good

[-] Polar@lemmy.ca 28 points 1 year ago

Thanks for being the only voice of reason. Everyone else is just like "ya but we don't die so who gives a fuck" attitude.

I'm glad some people are still looking at COVID as a whole.

[-] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago

I mean you need only look at the people in your daily life to realize there aren't many people who care anymore. Simple things like wearing a mask are off the table for the vast majority.

[-] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

I think a lot of us are, I just feel folks who are thinking big-picture aren't the type to make a lot of noise on the internet about it, ya know?

[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Agreed. I guess I’m saying is that it’s no more concerning that what is currently floating around. It’s what most epidemiologists expected to happen.

[-] ahal@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I vaguely remember reading that long COVID is really chronic fatigue syndrome or similar. Basically it can happen after any infection. Doctors haven't been able to figure out what causes it largely because there hasn't been enough data. It's not until COVID came along that they're taking it seriously.

Not sure if that's more or less reassuring though. I guess personally I find it reassuring that it's likely not something COVID specific.

[-] villasv@lemmy.ca -5 points 1 year ago

It isn't, really. Barely newsworthy, but it's something.

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