A new mutant of COVID-19 which is more transmissible than delta, and may evade our immune system

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The W.H.O. tells us there’s a new COVID variant out there, one with numerous mutations on the spike protein which not only make it easier to spread, but it may also evade our diagnostic tools (the COVID tests we take to identify infection), our treatment tools (the vaccine), and even our own immune systems.

Boyd and I had just three days earlier recorded a COVID update episode which discussed this as a hypothetical possibility, in the hopes of encouraging more people to get fully vaccinated before such a mutant could appear. My jaw dropped when I heard it this morning.

We’ll release that pre-recorded episode at the normal time next week, but we thought we’d do a quick pre-update to give our listeners the heads-up.

This is truly something that should be shared.

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