New JN.1 COVID variant may be more contagious but less severe

New JN.1 COVID variant may be more contagious but less severe A new, fast-spreading variant named JN.1 now makes up 44% of all cases nationwide. Yahoo News

A new, fast-spreading variant named JN.1 now makes up 44% of all cases nationwide, more than doubling (21.3% vs. 44.2%) its share from the week before, according to the CDC COVID Data Tracker: Variant Proportions. ...

A World Health Organization report issued last week said that even though JN.1 is better at evading our immune systems, the latest vaccine is still “likely to be effective.”

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