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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    I mean there’s plenty to worry about besides death. I don’t understand why people discount all the other potentially life altering effects of COVID.

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      Ah yes, you’re right. There are potential lifetime effects to COVID. I forgot about those. A couple of friends of mine have been permanently affected with various problems like asthma since catching it.

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        You know I really wish I hadn’t caught COVID at some point and lost the ability to sleep properly at some point.

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            Welcome to long covid, where your body has adrenaline attacks at random points in the middle of the night.

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              Not downplaying what you’re going through but that sounds like anxiety attacks. But I’m no doctor so what do I know.

              That’s so weird though. Did you get any kind of diagnosis from a doctor? Have you tried any medication?

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        1.4 of 38-odd million is absolutely not rare, it’s nearly 1 in 50. The US figures are even worse. For something to be considered medically rare, it needs to be at most 1 in 10,000.

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        Long term symptoms aren’t rare. It’s at least one in ten people. And a lot of people are in denial and refuse to accept they’re scewed.