Dr. Jeffrey Barrett listed the mutations in a figure below. [...] Of these, some mutations have properties to escape antibody protection (i.e. outsmart our vaccines and vaccine-induced immunity). There are several mutations association with increased transmissibility. There is a mutation associated with increased infectivity. This slide, from a presentation yesterday from the South Africa Health Ministry, summarized B.1.1.529 nicely.
> Medical doctors are not scientists.
What?
> Remember, the WHO said closing borders wouldn't help, and how dead wrong they were.
Remember, the WHO said closing borders wouldn't help, and how dead wrong they were.