[Natural News]: The Brazilian variant of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) is now the country’s second most prevalent strain of the virus, next to the coronavirus variant from the United Kingdom.
Known as P1, the strain is believed to be more infectious than the original and the other mutations, but it is unclear by how much.
According to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), P1 now accounts for at least 434 COVID-19 cases across 28 jurisdictions. This is the first time that the P1 variant has come in second.
Health authorities are concerned that the P1 strain may have the ability to evade the antibodies the body produces from a prior coronavirus infection, or the antibodies supposedly triggered by the coronavirus vaccines. Most of the COVID-19 patients with the P1 variant are in Massachusetts, where 102 cases were found. Other states that have a significant number of P1 cases are Illinois with 93, Florida with 87 and California with 39.
All three authorized vaccines available in the U.S. – made by Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson – are supposedly effective against the P1 variant, although their potency is somewhat diminished.
The data regarding the rise of the P1 strain comes as the U.S. grapples with the fact that coronavirus infections are still climbing despite the fact that the daily vaccination rate is also on the rise....<<<Read The Full Article Here>>>...
