While symptoms and severity seem to be about the same as previous COVID strains, the new FLiRT variants appear to be more transmissible.
CHICAGO — A new family of COVID-19 variants nicknamed “FLiRT” is spreading across the country, as vaccination rates in Chicago — as well asWhile symptoms and severity seem to be about the same as previous COVID strains, the new FLiRT variants appear to be more transmissible, said infectious disease expert Dr. Robert Murphy.
The JN.1 variant is estimated to account for about 22% of recent COVID cases across the country, according to CDC data from late April. But some public health experts expressed concern that the new variants have emerged amid low uptake of the updated COVID vaccine locally as well as across the country.
City officials, though, say the number of residents vaccinated might be higher based on National Immunization Survey data.
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