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Australia detects the first case of the highly transmissible COVID-19 strain dubbed XEC (www.abc.net.au)
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In short:

Australia has recorded its first cases of the XEC COVID-19 variant that has been spreading in Europe this year.

The mutation is a "recombinant" variant that is a mix of two previous Omicron subvariants called KS 1.1 and KP 3.3.

What's next?

An infectious disease expert says the strain has the hallmarks of something that could lead to a "summer wave" of infections.

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[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

Are we meant to get annual boosters forever?

  1. How often do you get a flu shot?
  2. How often does COVID mutate?
  3. Didn't we finally kill polio, almost?
  4. You like being healthy?

The answer to those questions should answer your question.

this post was submitted on 08 Oct 2024
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