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.

  • Chronic_AllTheThings@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    I had to visit the ER a few weeks ago. Aside from me, there were two or three other people in masks, and they were patients.

    I just don’t understand it. Medical professionals should know better, but somehow don’t??

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      1 year ago

      Similar story. I was in the ER today and most staff weren’t wearing masks, despite another patient just a few curtains down testing positive for Covid!