New Covid vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna
and Novavax will likely provide protection against the new “Eris” variant, now the dominant strain of the virus in the U.S.
The drugmakers designed their updated vaccines to target the omicron subvariant XBB.1.5, which is slowly declining nationwide. But health experts and initial data suggest that the new shots will still be effective against Eris, or EG.5, and other widely circulating variants – all of which are descendants of omicron.
Eris the goddess
Eris is said to be the child of Zeus and Hera, the king and queen of the gods of Olympus, but in other myths, she's the daughter of Erebus and Nyx, the king and queen of the darkest night. When she had a son, she named him "Strife" and took him along in her chariot when she and Ares went to war.
Eris is best known for her part in starting the Trojan War and was super Evil.
Troy or Ilion was an ancient Greek city located in present-day Hisarlik, Turkey. It is best known as the setting for the Greek myth of the Trojan War. The archaeological site is open to the public as a tourist destination, and has been added to the UNESCO World Heritage list as of 1998.
