Whatever they say about testing going away, here's

Whatever they say about testing going away, here's a reason its not going away-

'Double mutant' coronavirus variant surfaces in Bay Area. Here's what we know

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The variant is being dubbed the “double mutant” because it carries two mutations in the virus that helps it latch itself onto cells. It could possibly be responsible for the troubling new surge in cases in India. It is not yet known if the variant is more infectious or resistant to vaccine antibodies.

Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease expert at UCSF, said it appears the variant could be more infectious because it accounts for 20% of cases in the heavily hit state of Maharashtra. Chin-Hong said cases have increased more than 50% there in the past week.

“ It also makes sense that it will be more transmissible from a biological perspective as the two mutations act at the receptor binding domain of the virus, but there have been no official transmission studies to date,” he wrote in an email.
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UK smart to order a Billion Tests IMO.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/local/article/Dou...8b0f00198b