The virus will evolve fast enough to keep itself going
UK scientists worry vaccines may not protect against South African coronavirus variant Vaccine makers are testing shots against new variants
In southeastern England, where the B.1.1.7 variant first caught scientists’ attention last month, it has quickly replaced other variants “One concern is that B.1.1.7 will now become the dominant global variant with its higher transmission and it will drive another very, very bad wave”
E484K (South African lineage) worrying for immune escape; RBD mutations in UK lineage less so (1/n).
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“Even if we rolled out the best vaccine coverage program ever, we’re not going to vaccinate everybody. We can’t do it simultaneously. The virus will evolve fast enough to keep itself going. I think it’s endemic.”
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