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

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[โ€“] EhForumUser@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

> Isnโ€™t that sort of convenience kind of the whole point of a city?

That's the point of a small town.

The point of big cities is to concentrate capital so that a few people can become exceedingly wealthy.