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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.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Why in hell are vaxes only for winter? It makes no scientific sense except that anti-vaxers are winning.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

Which antivaxxers - total anti-vaxxers or Covid anti-vaxxers? Or both?