▲ 29 ▼ Covid variant Eris causes summer surge as mask mandate returns spark debate (www.independent.co.uk) submitted 2 years ago by Emperor@feddit.uk to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk 4 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/news/t/418108 New Covid vaccine that targets Omicron variant expected to be made available in September
[–] CurrentBias@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago You might live in a bubble, because covid is everywhere Rapid tests that rely on nasal swabs are prone to false negatives, so a lot of people get mild symptoms like sniffles or an itchy throat, test negative, and then assume they don't have covid when they actually might Mild symptoms don't mean mild disease, either -- there are people who never show symptoms and still end up with vascular damage. It's never a good idea to only judge a virus by its acute symptoms permalink fedilink source parent