The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is warning that a highly-contagious United Kingdom “variant” of Covid-19 has been reported in at least ten states.
But a top government expert in the coronavirus pandemic recently told me that development is entirely expected and not something that signals a crisis alarm.
Dr. John Dye, the lead virologist at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases says if a different “strain” were discovered, that would be more concerning than a “variant.”
“Right now, there's a lot of talk about the different variants of the virus. And that's not a surprise to me, viruses are evolving animals in a way. They are constantly changing, they are evolving as we evolve,” says Dr. Dye.
I asked what is the difference between a “strain” and a “variant.”
“It's virology speak,” says Dr. Dye. “There has to be a certain amount of genetic diversity between one isolate and another isolate to say these are distinct ‘strains’ of a virus…When you talk about different strains, you have a better chance of having a vaccine or a treatment not work because it's more divergent.”
But with different “variants,” he says, the existing treatments and vaccines are more likely to work.
“So, it's not necessarily more alarming that we're seeing this United Kingdom variant identified in the United States?” I asked.
“It was a matter of time before it got here,” says Dye.
The U.K. variant was first reported in mid-December. CDC thinks it might have actually emerged a few months before in September. More than two dozen counties have reported positive tests for the U.K. variant.
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Wouldn't it be Anglophobic to identify this new variant of CV as the UK Variant? You know, be be consistent. Uh,...never mind.
How can we get your messages out to ALL Americans? I feel our only hope as a nation is educate ALL Americans with the truth.
Sure most know the media is bias, but you expose them and prove what’s is really going on with your investigating reporting.
Most people, even conservatives are clueless and we are being used!
We have forever been told about flu shots but then its not for this "strain" same with the Chinese/Wuhan virus, Its like the first Ford car, but then there were different Ford cars (difference covid19 strains) they were still Ford (wuhan virus) just different strains/models. Thats about as easy as I can explain it.
How would/will one know whether another booster shot is necessary for him or herself after 6 months or two years?
Once upon a time there was the flu. And then it magically disappeared into thin air when covid came. Then it was discovered that some many who died from covid actually had the flu. Not that covid isn't real. It is. It's just not really as bad as the great reset demons want YOU to know. Stay silent. Stay far from God. Stay ill informed. Stay weak. You're right where they want you. What will you do now?