The Omicron variant is quite a prankster. It is forgotten in the summer and presents us, come fall, with the latest offspring of the Covid family. The fashionable virus in recent weeks has the sweet name KP.3.1.1 and is a direct descendant of the JN.1 sub-variant. Doing viral genealogy is not essential, of course. But this allows us to remember that the Coronavirus family is still well established in our region. The fact is there: contaminations are experiencing a rebound and everyone in their entourage knows someone who passed the screening test with flying colors. It must be said that little KP.3.1.1 knows how to be persuasive: he easily bypasses the defenses of weakened human organisms and has developed a great sense of contact. In short, it is easily transmitted and causes the same embarrassments as its recent predecessors: fatigue, cough, fever and aches. With rare exceptions, the inconveniences do not go any further: nothing to do with the 2020 tsunami.
However, doctors encourage patients, especially older ones, not to let their guard down. In this case, the vaccine is still the best way to give a direct boost to the right to illness: a new campaign will begin on October 15. Moreover, it is the effectiveness of this vaccine chain, a sort of social solidarity of antibodies, which limits the damage produced by these viral rascals. And that’s so much the better. Because Covid still kills, even if serious cases are rarer. What’s more, recent studies have shown that the long-term effects are not a tale and concern young and old alike. In short, in addition to the fall wardrobe, you will have to take the masks out of the drawer and check the expiration date of the hydroalcoholic gel. The routine.
