Cecilia Vega, ABC News chief White House correspondent, analyzes the latest developments in the Biden administration's COVID-19 response.
Getting progressively better at evading immunity helps a virus to survive over the long term. When SARS-CoV-2 first struck, no one was immune. But infections and vaccines have conferred at least some immunity to much of the world, so the virus must adapt. When new variants do develop, scientists said it's still very difficult to know from genetic features which ones might take off. For example, omicron has many more mutations than previous variants, around 30 in the spike protein that lets it attach to human cells. But the so-called IHU variant identified in France and being monitored by the WHO has 46 mutations and doesn't seem to have spread much at all.
"I have no doubt at all that these viruses are going to continue to mutate and we're going to be dealing with this for a very long time," she said. Tedros said he'd like to see 70% of people in every country vaccinated by mid-year. Currently, there are dozens of countries where less than a quarter of the population is fully vaccinated, according to Johns Hopkins University statistics. And in the United States, many people continue to resist available vaccines.
Propaganda
DUH!..its never going away, now let us get on with our lives. yah,right, because our communist leaders would ever give up the control they've secured because of this crap
In other words, 'The fear campaign and hysteria will never stop'.
Tyne virus has to continue otherwise the media cannot exist
And Paxlovid, sotrovimab and molnupiravir will not be the last medications discovered and used to treat the virus. There will be more. There will even be new vaccines that work better. Cheer up ABC7😏
In other words, this is never going away and we need to learn to live with it. Closing things down won't stop it, mandates won't stop it...let's get on with it
We already know this. Now is the time to tell everyone to stay home, and wear a mask when out in public. Oh yeah, and it's time to tell the government to GIVE US OUR FUCKING MONEY SO WE CAN SURVIVE THE PLAGUE.
Over this sh*t
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