I can't believe this is happening after we did absolutely nothing to stop it
I prayed to God really really hard one time for there to be an end to COVID. That should have been enough.
We prayed and prayed and prayed for a cure and all we got are 3 vaccines we don't want to take and doctors telling us we need to not do things we want to do, what could have possibly gone wrong?!?!
I cast you out, COVID 19!
I mean if god is going to change his plan because we ask... Not much of a plan, is it?
How can you possibly say we did nothing?
How can you say anything g serious happened to prevent the development of novel strains? What has been done to address the roots of the issue?
Oh god, don't call it EG.5. all the loonatics are going to "uugg! UUuuggg! It says 5G! Dur iluminaties are not hiding it anymore!"
They're going to dumb no matter what it's called. Life finds a way (to dumb).
This just means it's a variant with changes to the virus' properties. Might come with decreased vaccine efficacy, possible increased severity or spread, but it's not necessarily an increased public health risk, that'd be a "variant of concern", which is when the variant significantly changes the way the virus behaves.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/variants/variant-classifications.html#anchor_1633452601089
Omicron was the last VOC by the way, VOIs haven't been uncommon.
When Covid Sigma?
Ligma
Cee Dees.
Hail, Eris! 🍏
(Gold apple wasn't an option)
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