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.

  • BeefDaddySupreme@lemmy.world
    18·
    1 year ago

    You didn’t care about masking up for viruses before COVID. You only care because the government told you to care, get off your high horse and be real. Covid is just annother viral disease that comes in waves every year, like the rhino and influenza virus now.

    • Polar@lemmy.ca
      31·
      1 year ago

      Hey bud, I have plenty of photos of me with a mask on years and years before COVID.

      Thanks, though.

        • Polar@lemmy.ca
          21·
          1 year ago

          You do realize that’s an n95 with an EXHAUST valve, right?

          You’re so ignorant.

          I also wear different n95 masks now. I was just proving that I wore masks before COVID.

          Your back must be aching from moving the goal posts.

            • Polar@lemmy.ca
              11·
              1 year ago

              They aren’t cloth. Either way, you’re acting exactly like someone who definitely follows all protocols and mandates. Lmao.

              I’m blocking your dumb ass. You’re so ignorant. You challenged me on mask wearing, I show proof, and you’re telling me it’s not a COVID safe mask. Didn’t realize COVID was around in 2015.

              Go be a dick elsewhere.

              • BeefDaddySupreme@lemmy.world
                13·
                1 year ago

                Lie about the mask, supposedly wears a mask in 2015 that provides no stop to viruses. Claims moral high ground with no standing. Cope.