This is not the first mutation of COVID, another particularly contagious form was found in the UK. Author: Briana Ray-Turner Updated: 7:10 PM EST January 18, 2021
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. It is a scientific fact that viruses mutate. While it is troublesome, it does not mean the fight against the pandemic is back to square one.
“With all viruses that we’ve ever encountered in our history, they’ve [mutated]. They all changed, said Assistant Chief Medical Officer at UF Health Jacksonville Chirag Patel. COVID is just another in the long line of viruses.
Another COVID mutation found in California called the L452R variant. Different from the highly contagious variant that was identified in the UK.