What you need to know about new COVID-19 strains
What you need to know about new COVID-19 strains Dr. Ben Locwin As has been coming across the newswires over the past week or so, a new(er) strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, called B.1.1.7 (similar to one called 501.V2 (meaning a mutation in the spike protein at position ‘501’ and ‘variant 2’) has been detected in patient samples from South Africa, the UK, and of course this means that it’s actually everywhere, just not noted yet by the press. You’d think it was the second coming of an apocalypse; But of course, those headlines sell newspapers and drive mouseclicks.
Source: seacoastonline.com