Covid variants are increasingly contagious.
Only those people who’ve had Omicron have any resistance to the new strain Covid BA.5 — current vaccines and human antibodies from prior strains provide little protection against it. Thus, for the moment, masks are your single best option.
‘Fever and sore throat’ overtake ‘loss of taste and smell’ as common symptoms of BA.5
Long haul Covid symptoms show up in even some asymptomatic cases. More so in symptomatic cases.
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