WHO declares ‘Eris’ Covid strain a variant of interest as cases rise globally
WHO declares ‘Eris’ Covid strain a variant of interest as cases rise globally
Health risk of EG.5, which is related to Omicron subvariant, judged to be low but may drive larger wave of infections
Health risk of EG.5, which is related to Omicron subvariant, judged to be low but may drive larger wave of infections
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?
Whatever
The Ancient & Anarchic Discordian Conspiracy registers its objection to the naming of a pestiferous disease after our Goddess (blessed be Her Golden Apple). We invite the WHO, CDC, FSF, SQL, and PDQ Bach to promptly rename this foul beast to something suitably icky, such as "Scumguzzle", "Buttcoin", or "DeSantis".
The Erisian Liberation Front of SW and Rural Missouri, on the other hand, fully supports naming diseases and pestilences after the Goddess, Unstable May She Reign, and objects only to the application of the moniker to such a benign viral variant. In the future, we and/or I would request that her name be applied only to particularly virulent and/or unpredictable diseases and pestilences. May her sudden wrath never find you.
Truly it is said: Go not to the Discordians for advice, for they shall tell you both yes and no, and fish, and zarkle barkle squirrel plop acid, and may your avocados never reek of bergamot, and hoop to your hempunion my llama-fuzzy hobag, and tbh probably fish again.
Rename it "Bob"! Any press is good press :p
Hail Eris!
are they naming covid strains like hurricanes now?
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.
Hail, Eris! 🍏
(Gold apple wasn't an option)
I don't care anymore people can die! =D
Whatever