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.

  • DMmeYourBoobs
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    171 year ago

    The death count is low because immunity is up. If we relax on things like vaccinations or quarantine orders it will come back.

    • ryan213
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      121 year ago

      There’s already an uptick from wastewater testing for the past few weeks according to CBC.

    • @atticus88th
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      31 year ago

      Do people even follow quarantine orders anymore? My employer stopped giving us covid sick days.

    • Cyborganism
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      31 year ago

      I think if we get a yearly immunization shot for influenza and covid we should be fine. And people should just quarantine if they’re sick, COVID or not. I hate it when people go to work sick when they have the option to work from home. Especially in an office setting. Like haven’t they learned anything? Why spread the disease to all your colleagues?

    • @[email protected]
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      -121 year ago

      Don’t we have herd immunity now? Having caught it recently is just as good as a vaccination.