As COVID-19 variants are “a growing proportion” of cases across the US — and we could see “another avoidable surge” of the virus like Europe …
As COVID-19 variants are “a growing proportion” of cases across the US — and we could see “another avoidable surge” of the virus like Europe if mitigation efforts go out the window, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Monday. Two newly identified variants, B.1427 and B.1429, are estimated to make up about 52 percent of COVID-19 cases in California,41 percent in Nevada and 25 percent in Arizona, Dr. Rochelle Walensky said during a White House press briefing. The B.1.1.7 variant, first identified in the UK, is believed to account for 9 percent of the infections in New Jersey and 8 percent of those in Florida.
