Dr. Anthony Fauci has said health officials are 'paying attention' to the variant but don't consider it to be 'an immediate threat.'
had mutations that suggests it"would evade certain antibodies," including antibodies provided by vaccines.
He concluded that U.S. health officials were"paying attention" to Mu but"don't consider it an immediate threat right now." At that time, Mu, also known as B.1.621, accounted for just 0.2 percent of cases and had not been declared a Variant of Interest yet.on August 30, describing it as having"a constellation of mutations that indicate potential properties of immune escape."
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