Many people who feel this is actually good news, because it probably will end the pendemic a little bit sooner. I think it's going to outrun any of the vaccines that we're going to be able to either develop or try to distribute to the rest of the world. The incubation period is longer, it's about a ten day incubation period. It's more contagious and less lethal, which is really how viruss evolved. Andi: Could this be more like a common cold? Now you get reinfection and kind of seasonal variation, and that it doesn't really go away? That is a possibility.

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