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The CDC says B.1.1.7 is not only 50% more transmissible, but is thought to be less susceptible to monoclonal antibody therapeutics and convalescent and post-vaccination sera, according to the CDC. Those are treatments used to address infections. In addition, B.1.1.7 is likely creating “increased severity based on hospitalizations and case fatality rates.” That may account for the rise in severe cases among younger patients, who are generally less well vaccinated than Americans over 50.
While B.1.1.7 has been present in CA for months, its surge in L.A. is surprising because for at least the past four weeks the homegrown “West Coast” variant — B.1427/B.1429 — has predominated in the state by a very wide margin. Numbers in the chart below demonstrate that, with the total instances of West Coast variants identified in the county to date sitting at 415 and the number of U.K. variants identified to date at 169. That’s 42% of all tests coming back with as B.1427/B.1429 and 17% B.1.1.
But last week in L.A., B.1.1.7 spiked to 64% of the variants detected. B.1427/B.1429 was at just 20%.that, while the U.K. variant is 50% more transmissible, the West Coast variant is only 20% more so. The U.K. variant, then, may be outcompeting the less-infectious West Coast strain.The United States crossed the 30 million Covid-19 case threshold on Wednesday, according to Reuters and the New York Times.
from the Washington Post. The Empire State had a 7-day rolling average of over 7,300 daily cases. Florida was next with over 4,600, followed by New Jersey with about 4,150 and Michigan with an average of about 3,750 daily cases. Indeed, CDC Diretor Dr. Rochelle Walensky said on a White House Covid Response Team Zoom conference that “cases continue to increase slightly” across the U.S. On Wednesday, that number was about 55,000. This week’s 7-day rolling average vs. last week’s is up about 3%.WATCH NOW: Dr. Fauci and Dr. Walensky are joined by Andy Slavitt to share updates on the latest science, the state of the pandemic, and progress we’ve made in our vaccination program.
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