New R.1 COVID-19 variant spreads quickly
at Kentucky nursing home
Posted By: Ribicon, 9/22/2021 11:19:41 AM
A new variant of the COVID-19 virus has been identified at a Kentucky nursing home, where it infected 45 residents and workers, many of whom were vaccinated. The R.1 variant originated in Japan, and contains dangerous mutations that can improve “transmission, replication, and immune suppression,” a scientist wrote in Forbes Monday. There are already more than 10,000 entries of the R.1 variant in a database used by researchers to track genomic material, infectious disease expert Dr. William Haseltine said. The variant shares the highly infectious D614G mutation that is present in other variants fueling new surges of the coronavirus, according to the doctor.
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At least 90% of the residents were vaccinated, but they got sick anyway. This proves that more people need to be vaccinated, say the shills.