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All we know about new Covid variant Eris and its symptoms amid surge in cases (www.independent.co.uk)

submitted 2 years ago by Emperor@feddit.uk to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/news/t/314510

Eris desends from Omicron and is now the second most prevalent Covid variant in the UK

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[–] C4d@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What testing technology is currently being used to monitor this in the UK just now?

I’m hoping that sewage water etc is still being checked.

Presumably hospital-based testing is ongoing.

I doubt anyone with flu-like or cold-like illnesses is getting themselves tested.

My instinct is that we are continuing to fly blind.

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 8 points 2 years ago

Oh indeed. The government shut down all the testing stations and started charging for kits, then, all of a sudden, the numbers looked a lot better.

I still have kits but haven't used one in a while (think I had a bit of a cough) and a friend said she used one today because she was feeling off, but other than that...

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hail Eris!

[–] C4d@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is this a SubGenius reference?

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

No, or perhaps a little bit, but, if so, only indirectly - it's more an Illuminatus! Trilogy reference.

[–] binxscomet@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Important related point in the article, mort people are 18 months from their last vaccine. Most of the UK havent't recieved the newer bivalent vaccine (which has completely replaced the original vaccines in the US) at all.

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 6 points 2 years ago

Ah yes, I meant to flag that up - our immunity is waning and we could get a surge when schools go back before any vaccine program is rolled out. I assume they'll offer a yearly one round about the same time as the flu jabs but it's not something I am aware of bring scheduled.