COH.20G/501Y now accounts for the majority of all COVID-19 cases in the Columbus, Ohio area.
The second variant we report likely affects how strongly the virus attaches to the human receptor for the virus.
Its prevalence is of concern to Jones and his co-authors.
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What This Means For You
The current COVID-19 vaccines will likely offer protection against these new variants.
COVID-19 safety precautions like wearing a mask and social distancing still work to protect you as well.
How Do the Two New Strains Differ?
Its survival of the fittest in its most stripped-down form.
New variants are only emerging now because they have had sufficient timenearly a full yearto evolve in human hosts.
Pharmaceutical companies will need to anticipate this challenge and act accordingly.
That may sound like a difficult request, but it should be relatively easy to fulfill.
“The governmental approval of modified vaccines will likely dictate how fast the public health response will be.”
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants.
