California’s summer COVID surge has proved to be particularly strong and enduring, surprising experts with its tenacity as it storms into a third month.
The strength of this summer’s COVID surge probably is largely related to the ever-more infectious subvariants that continue to emerge as the coronavirus evolves, said Dr. Elizabeth Hudson, regional chief of infectious disease at Kaiser Permanente Southern California. A dizzying number of related subvariants — collectively dubbed FLiRT — have emerged in recent months. One in particular, KP.3.1.1, has been picking up steam at a startling pace and has become the most common strain nationwide.
Why in hell are vaxes only for winter? It makes no scientific sense except that anti-vaxers are winning.
Yep, the efficacy is good for only months
Twice a year would seem advantageous and doable
I get a second one in early summer but it’s just the old fall one again, so not optimal
Which antivaxxers - total anti-vaxxers or Covid anti-vaxxers? Or both?