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KP Law, representing the claimants, has begun the process of litigation, which is expected to start at the beginning of 2025.

The KP saga felt so divisive, at a time when social media was really starting to take hold.

And now KP.3.3’s descendant, XEC, has the same little mutation and is surging in the U.S. and elsewhere.

Like virtually all coronavirus strains that have emerged in the past few years, it’s a member of the sprawling Omicron family — and a hybrid between two previously documented subvariants, KP.3 and KS.1.1.

“It’s going to be a little hard to know where this is going to go, because right now, KP.3.1.1 really still is the predominant variant,” Hudson said.