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Variants happen because viruses mutate rapidly as they reproduce and spread. Most mutations make no difference. But when a mutation helps a virus spread to more hosts, that mutation soon outnumbers the old version. Survival of the spreadiest. Which is what’s happening now.
For the vaccinated, this is post-coronavirus summer. Masks have been dropped back into drawers. There are waits at restaurants. People are traveling, getting reacquainted with each other. Good times!
But with only a little more than half the population fully vaccinated in Florida, these are not really post-COVID times. Herd immunity, the point where so many people are immune or vaccinated that a virus cannot spread, looks more distant all the time.