# I'm sick. Everybody move back six feet. If you have a mask, put it on **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [August 20, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-everybody-move-back-six-feet-if-you-have-a-mask-put-it-on/1005958 "2024-08-20T20:33:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 19
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-everybody-move-back-six-feet-if-you-have-a-mask-put-it-on/1005958/19 "2024-08-24T12:53:47Z")
Here’s a recent thread on a semi-recent development in COVID strains with cites to real medical studies, not just our anecdata: > [@Welcome, JN.1 - we're so proud!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-jn-1-were-so-proud/1006060): > > A January JAMA article starts off with: Parents often bask in the glow of their children’s accomplishments, so if SARS-CoV-2 variants were like people, BA.2.86 would be busting its buttons right about now. A little whimsical, but not a bad metaphor. BA.2.86’s spawn, JN.1, has become the dominant SARS-CoV-2 variant in the US, status its parent variant never achieved. Fortunately, although COVID-19 cases have surged, hospitalizations and deaths from the disease are still considerably lower t… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-everybody-move-back-six-feet-if-you-have-a-mask-put-it-on/1005958)._