Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2021 16:42:08 GMT -5
Oh boy this new variant is much more dangerous and does not respond to vaccines or if you has COVID and built up antibodies.
‘The devil is already here’: Coronavirus variant in California looks increasingly dangerous
CALIFORNIA
by: Los Angeles Times
by: Los Angeles Times
Posted: Feb 23, 2021 / 09:14 AM PST / Updated: Feb 23, 2021 / 09:14 AM PST
Registered nurses April McFarland, left, and Tiffany Robbins place the body of a COVID-19 victim inside a white bag and zip it closed at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills.(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Registered nurses April McFarland, left, and Tiffany Robbins place the body of a COVID-19 victim inside a white bag and zip it closed at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills.(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
A coronavirus variant that emerged in mid-2020 and surged to become the dominant strain in California not only spreads more readily than its predecessors, but also evades antibodies generated by COVID-19 vaccines or prior infection and it’s associated with severe illness and death, researchers said.
In a study that helps explain the state’s dramatic surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths — and portends further trouble ahead — scientists at UC San Francisco said the cluster of mutations that characterizes the homegrown strain should mark it as a “variant of concern” on par with those from the United Kingdom, South Africa and Brazil.
“The devil is already here,” said Dr. Charles Chiu, who led the UCSF team of geneticists, epidemiologists, statisticians and other scientists in a wide-ranging analysis of the new variant, which they call B.1.427/B.1.429. “I wish it were different. But the science is the science.”
Californians, along with the rest of the country, have been bracing for the rise of a more transmissible coronavirus variant from the U.K. known as B.1.1.7. But they should know that a rival strain that is probably just as worrisome has already settled in, and will probably account for 90% of the state’s infections by the end of next month, said Chiu, an infectious diseases researcher and physician.
Read the full story on LATimes.com.
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‘The devil is already here’: Coronavirus variant in California looks increasingly dangerous
CALIFORNIA
by: Los Angeles Times
by: Los Angeles Times
Posted: Feb 23, 2021 / 09:14 AM PST / Updated: Feb 23, 2021 / 09:14 AM PST
Registered nurses April McFarland, left, and Tiffany Robbins place the body of a COVID-19 victim inside a white bag and zip it closed at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills.(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Registered nurses April McFarland, left, and Tiffany Robbins place the body of a COVID-19 victim inside a white bag and zip it closed at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills.(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
A coronavirus variant that emerged in mid-2020 and surged to become the dominant strain in California not only spreads more readily than its predecessors, but also evades antibodies generated by COVID-19 vaccines or prior infection and it’s associated with severe illness and death, researchers said.
In a study that helps explain the state’s dramatic surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths — and portends further trouble ahead — scientists at UC San Francisco said the cluster of mutations that characterizes the homegrown strain should mark it as a “variant of concern” on par with those from the United Kingdom, South Africa and Brazil.
“The devil is already here,” said Dr. Charles Chiu, who led the UCSF team of geneticists, epidemiologists, statisticians and other scientists in a wide-ranging analysis of the new variant, which they call B.1.427/B.1.429. “I wish it were different. But the science is the science.”
Californians, along with the rest of the country, have been bracing for the rise of a more transmissible coronavirus variant from the U.K. known as B.1.1.7. But they should know that a rival strain that is probably just as worrisome has already settled in, and will probably account for 90% of the state’s infections by the end of next month, said Chiu, an infectious diseases researcher and physician.
Read the full story on LATimes.com.
ktla.com/news/california/the-devil-is-already-here-coronavirus-variant-in-california-looks-increasingly-dangerous/
