Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

https://www.instagram.com/p/CwcCbHcPVVs/ Cases of CoVid are again on the rise, and many of them are driven by the Omicron subvariant labeled EG.5 and known by the nickname Eris.  EG.5 is EG.5 is $ descended from the XBB.1.9.2 and has what has been described as a moderate growth advantage over the currently predominating subvariants XBB.1.16 and XBB.1.5.  The global prevalence of Eris has doubled over the past month from 8 to 16%, and it is the predominant CoVid variant in the US. As EG.5. has proliferated, it has quickly spawned another subvariant EG.5.1.  While EG.5 should be susceptible to the antibodies generated by our current vaccines or natural infections, EG.5.1 contains a unique mutation that offers it moderate protection from these antibodies. EG.5 and EG.5.1 don’t seem to drive more severe or dangerous infections, but they do appear to be more contagious. A second CoVid variant of concern has a label of FL.1.5.1 and is nicknamed Fornax.  Related to the  XBB subvariants, Fornax has spread rapidly