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A new COVID-19 variant has emerged. Here's what we know about EG.5 so far (www.ctvnews.ca)
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The variant is called EG.5 and is a descendant of Omicron.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that EG.5 accounted for roughly 17.3 per cent β€” or one in six β€” of new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. in the past two weeks.

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[-] NathanielThomas@lemmy.ca 45 points 11 months ago

Canadians are, more than ever before, influenced by American media and social media and that includes the dogmatic and polarizing rightwing anti-science narratives rooted in conspiracy theories and anti-intellectualism. We're being absorbed into the American weltanschauung since the advent of the Internet and our culture diluted. You can see it in our politics.

[-] imatree@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago

Is weltanschauung actually a word you Canadians use?

[-] streetfestival@lemmy.ca 8 points 11 months ago

I want to say yes, but it's the first time I've heard of it, and my vocabulary's not bad :P. Kudos to @NathanielThomas for sharing it! I think the only German loanword I know is schadenfreude

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