More than 60 cases of new 'Delta Plus'
variant of COVID are detected
in San Francisco which experts
fear is MORE transmissible than
current strain
Posted By: Ribicon, 8/7/2021 9:44:06 AM
More than 60 cases of the new Delta-plus variant have been detected in the San Francisco-Bay area as coronavirus cases continue to rise throughout the country. According to the Santa Clara Public Health Department, there were 64 reported cases of the new COVID strain detected in the county as of August 5. The new strain, an off-shoot of the highly-transmissible Delta variant, is thought to be more contagious than its predecessor, but is still not the most common variant in the area—with more than 700 cases of the alpha variant reported.(Snip)'We believe that its at least as bad as Delta,'
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The virus mutated thanks to the vaccination program, as experts warned, and now, perhaps through exposure to HIV antiretrovirals, has mutated yet again. Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, quoted in the article, says we might even run out of Greek letters. What then, Science™, what then?