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There is evidence the new variant could be more transmissible, yet vaccines work very well against it
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View of an empty Regent Street in London with the U.K.’s Tier 4 coronavirus restrictions in place to limit the spread of the new strain of coronavirus as infections continue to rise on December 22, 2020. Credit: Wiktor Szymanowicz
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Editor s Note (12/30/20): Today health officials in Colorado confirmed the first case of a new mutated form of SARS-CoV-2 in the U.S., and said the state had a potential second case as well. Scientists, as noted in our story below, continue to find evidence this new variant appears more transmissible than the original form. Yet it does not appear to cause more severe disease. And the newly-authorized vaccines seem very effective against it.
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