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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 β€” or one in six β€” of new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. in the past two weeks.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

herd immunity relies on people maintaining immunity. if you can get the vaccine, you should, regardless of if you've caught the virus.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Agreed. Both don't last forever. I got it 4 times, for reference, since I seem to have come a across as an antivaxxer. Either way though I think the pandemic proper is over.