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.
Did you actually read my link?
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.
About that: https://twitter.com/TrevorABranch/status/1464748201601159169
It still doesn't make a lot of sense as we know the variant has already spread elsewhere.