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TRIPLE WORRISOME—Data says the new variant that is now dominant strain in California:
📌spreads FASTER
📌evades antibodies from #COVID19 vaccines or prior infection
📌causes more severe illness.
➡️Scientist says “the devil is here” #B1427 / #B1429🧵
latimes.com/science/story/…
📌spreads FASTER
📌evades antibodies from #COVID19 vaccines or prior infection
📌causes more severe illness.
➡️Scientist says “the devil is here” #B1427 / #B1429🧵
latimes.com/science/story/…
2) “In a study that helps explain the state’s dramatic surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths — and portends further trouble ahead — scientists at UCSF said the mutations that characterizes the homegrown CA should mark it as a “variant of concern” on par with those from 🇬🇧 , 🇿🇦 & 🇧🇷”
3) “The devil is already here,” said Dr. Charles Chiu, who led 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.”
