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.

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    1 year ago

    Is weltanschauung actually a word you Canadians use?

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      1 year ago

      I want to say yes, but it’s the first time I’ve heard of it, and my vocabulary’s not bad :P. Kudos to @NathanielThomas for sharing it! I think the only German loanword I know is schadenfreude