By this time you have heard about the new COVID strain from Europe. It was first detected in England last week. It prompted many travel bans from Europe to the US The new strain can spread more quickly and responsible for 60 % of new infections. Be rest assured , it is in the United States already and probably in New York City and other major cities. Another new strain has been reported in S. Africa.
I often worry why has the virus mutated already It is only one year since the first reported case in China in December 2019. This bothers me and boggles my mind. Viruses do not mutate this quickly…unless possibly changed in a lab ? I would like to find out more about the WUHAN laboratory and their studying of corona virus in bats.
Hospitals are filling up . The lack of ICU beds can be a dire situation. Today there was a question that stated if there are lack of beds, ventilators, and staff— decisions might have to made by physicians and health care workers who is more stable to live.
ICU patients can be COVID patients but others with severe disease and not COVID. January 2021 will be a tough month for COVID cases and deaths. We do not even know if the vaccine will be effective against the new strains. We do not know if there will be enough of vaccines for the second shot ?
More to come
Until tomorrow…