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.

  • girlfreddyOP
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    10 months ago

    I am one of the lucky few that has never had it.

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      10 months ago

      I never had a noticeable case of it either. I think I probably had an asymptomatic case