It’s already mutated into multiple more dangerous forms.
None of the strains it has mutated into so far are different enough for antibodies created for another strain to not recognize them. Also they seem to spread more easily but not cause more serious illness.
None of the strains it has mutated into so far are different enough for antibodies created for another strain to not recognize them. Also they seem to spread more easily but not cause more serious illness.
Spreading more easily is dangerous because it makes lockdowns ineffective and could overwhelm our medical systems.
Could. We could also impose stricter lockdowns and slow the spread enough paired with a vaccine program that picks up as we start to sort things out.
They also said that modifying it to cover the SA strain would take weeks for the pfizer vaccine, if it's needed.