...and fresh hot spots and the development of dangerous variants in more GOP-leaning areas.
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A statement without evidence.
Variants are a natural progression of all viruses. They mutate randomly. The ones which can survive better thrive. This typically results in more transmissible but less lethal variants.
If anything, those who were vaccinated during the pandemic provided the ideal Petri dish to promote variants. The vaccines were targeted to the original strain of the virus, so by definition any variants would be more successful.
LIBERAL COVID COUP VARIANT!!!!