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.

  • Lmaydev@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    It was never claimed to stop you getting it. Same as many vaccines it doesn’t give sterilising immunity.

    But it’s completely possible it stopped you dying or going to hospital.

    The vaccine causes almost no damage but COVID 100% causes massive damage if you aren’t vaccinated.