Bruce Y. Lee, M.D., MBA, is a Senior Contributor for Forbes who has been covering health, medicine, wellness and science since 2105. He is a journalist, professor, researcher, entrepreneur, science humorist and avocado-eater, not necessarily in that order.
XEC may sound like some kind of rock band, cryptocurrency or male enhancement supplement. But the XEC COVID -19 variant is something that you probably don’t want to see at a party or near your privates. It’s the latest COVID variant to gain attention for spreading around the world. And a big question after the so-called “Summer of COVID ” is whether the XEC variant is going to fuel the next COVID surge in the coming months.
The Summer surge was led by the so-called FLiRT variants, mainly KP.3.1.1, and KP.3. It also didn’t help that the majority of people were flirting with catching the virus by not really taking any precautions against the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 . For example face mask use appears to have gone the way of skinny jeans, even though studies have clearly shown that N95 respirators can decrease SARS-CoV-2 transmission.
And, now, surprise, surprise, there’s a new spiky kid on the block: the aforementioned XEC variant. The XEC is basically the love-child of the KS.1.1 and KP.3.3 COVID variants. More data and studies are also needed to determine whether the XEC variant is more or less likely to cause severe COVID symptoms and outcomes than current and previous variants. Again this will be difficult to tell without more widespread testing and a more comprehensive surveillance system than what’s in place now. The updated COVID vaccines that are now available should provide at least some protection against the XEC variant. Exactly how much remains to be seen.
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