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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    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.

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

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        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.

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          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.

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          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?

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        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.