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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA study shows the variant spreading rapidly in Britain might make vaccines less effective. (NYT)
This is just the kind of good news we all need right now.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/01/world/a-study-shows-the-variant-spreading-rapidly-in-britain-might-make-vaccines-less-effective.html
A fast-spreading coronavirus variant first observed in Britain has gained a worrisome mutation that could make it harder to control with vaccines, Public Health England reported on Monday. And on Tuesday, a team of researchers reported an experiment suggesting that this mutation might make vaccines somewhat less effective against the variant.
The variant, known as B.1.1.7, first came to light in December. Researchers determined that it had rapidly became more common across Britain in just a couple of months.
Its spread appears to occur because of its improved ability to infect people. Experiments in test tubes suggest that some of its mutations allow the B.1.1.7 variant to hold on to cells more tightly than other coronaviruses.
Since B.1.1.7s discovery in Britain, the variant has been reported in 72 other countries. The United States confirmed its first case of the B.1.1.7 variant on Dec. 29, but is conducting little of the genomic sequencing necessary to track the spread of new variants that have caused concern. Since then, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recorded 467 samples of the variant in 32 states. Officials in New York City said on Tuesday that they had identified 13 cases of the variant and were ramping up testing capacity to detect more.
The variant, known as B.1.1.7, first came to light in December. Researchers determined that it had rapidly became more common across Britain in just a couple of months.
Its spread appears to occur because of its improved ability to infect people. Experiments in test tubes suggest that some of its mutations allow the B.1.1.7 variant to hold on to cells more tightly than other coronaviruses.
Since B.1.1.7s discovery in Britain, the variant has been reported in 72 other countries. The United States confirmed its first case of the B.1.1.7 variant on Dec. 29, but is conducting little of the genomic sequencing necessary to track the spread of new variants that have caused concern. Since then, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recorded 467 samples of the variant in 32 states. Officials in New York City said on Tuesday that they had identified 13 cases of the variant and were ramping up testing capacity to detect more.
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A study shows the variant spreading rapidly in Britain might make vaccines less effective. (NYT) (Original Post)
SoonerPride
Feb 2021
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live love laugh
(13,130 posts)1. There's too much premature information being put out
This is pretty much common sense ... the problem is them saying it wouldnt affect vaccines.
They should make definitive statements one way or the other.
All it does is cause panic as if we didnt have enough of that already.
DeminPennswoods
(15,290 posts)3. Yes, there is a lot of fear-mongering going on regarding
these variants.
appalachiablue
(41,171 posts)2. K/R for exposure