Posted on 09/06/2021 4:44:43 AM PDT by RandFan
The nation’s top infectious diseases expert says a coronavirus variant designated by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a “variant of interest” this week doesn’t pose an immediate threat to the U.S., but health officials are watching it closely.
The variant, labelled “mu,” has been detected in 39 countries in South America and Europe and was first identified in Colombia earlier this year. As of Aug. 29, 4,500 sequences of the variant have been reported, making up less than 0.1 percent of sequenced cases.
“We certainly are aware of the mu variant. We’re keeping a very close eye on it,” Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said during a news briefing Thursday.
“But it is not at all even close to being dominant. As you know, the delta [variant] is more than 99 percent dominant,” Fauci said.
Fauci said the variant has a constellation of mutations that suggest it could evade certain antibodies, but emphasized more research needs to be done to determine if that’s the case.
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” take your meditations an’ your preparations An’ ram it up yer snout” - Frank Zappa – Cosmik Debris
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How often does this gnome roll out and give press briefings, anyway?
Ka Ching!
Stealing that
Dr. Ashish Jha of Brown U says don’t worry about this one. He also said that cloth masks are worthless. This was from an interview with Chris Wallace. I couldn’t find the link to post. Hope someone can. Think it was yesterday. Worth listening to. He also said Biden should shut his mouth.
This was from an interview with Chris Wallace
Chris Wallace actually interviewed someone that doesn’t toe the party line? Hard to believe. What are Chris’s ratings these days, I wonder.
Please check the link above...and pass it on.
Same here
It’s 25 or 6 to 4
( sorry I couldn’t resist!)
Because he doesn’t make any money from that.
How many variants did he pay for?
Evil monster. He’s old and wants the rest of the world to die with him.
Sorta like a spectator. Does he have some popcorn and a coke?
How comforting...
Please make this leprechaun go away!
FauxChi is a ‘variant’ that has lingered far too long.
Yes, but think of the BILLIONS OF DOLLARS going to Big Pharma for Shot #3!
{Ordinary humans are just ants, anyway.}
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