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.

  • ribbooEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Thank god someone did not just buy that “we could’ve eradicated it” bullshit. Not even the slightest chance.

    Happen to live in Sweden, among the most critiqued countries there was during the pandemic. We kept going, but made sick leave even easier, kept our distance and whatnot. Currently our cumulative excess deaths over the last 5 years or so are among the lowest in Europe. About 0.3% of our population struggle with post-Covid, which really sucks.

    But there’s no crazy mass sickness event happening in 20 years from that. Vaccination, sick leave and proper health care is the way to go.