Print article WASHINGTON - The new, mutation-laden variant of the coronavirus that has been spreading rapidly in the United Kingdom may already be circulating in the United States and other countries, leading infectious-disease experts said Monday. There is no evidence that this variant causes more severe illness from covid-19, the disease that can be caused by the novel coronavirus. And scientists do not know with certainty whether this variant, officially known as B.1.1.7, is truly more transmissible. But it has the appearance of being so. “We don’t know that for absolutely certain, but it is reasonable to assume that is going on,” Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Monday.
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Replay Video UP NEXT The new, mutation-laden variant of the coronavirus that has been spreading rapidly in the United Kingdom may already be circulating in the United States and other countries, leading infectious-disease experts said Monday. There is no evidence that this variant causes more severe illness from covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. And scientists do not know with certainty whether this variant, officially known as B.1.1.7, is truly more transmissible. But it has the appearance of being so.
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After we got past Y2K, 2020 towered like a beacon of light, attracting the moths of prognostication. Twenty years before, the 20/20 promise of perfect vision was simply too enticing to ignore.
Some projected spectacular advances in technology, breakthroughs in health care and sweeping changes in the world order.
Few foresaw that a spiky microscopic ball would completely dominate the landscape in 2020, wreaking death, depression and recession.
Before we give 2020 one last kick in the pants, let’s look back at what the past year was supposed to bring.
• In 1997, futurists Peter Schwartz and Peter Leyden predicted that Americans would be voting electronically from home long before 2020 rolled around.
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