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‘The devil is already here’: Coronavirus variant in California looks increasingly dangerous - KTLA Los Angeles
Feb 23, 2021 51 secs

A coronavirus variant that emerged in mid-2020 and surged to become the dominant strain in California not only spreads more readily than its predecessors, but also evades antibodies generated by COVID-19 vaccines or prior infection and it’s associated with severe illness and death, researchers said.

In a study that helps explain the state’s dramatic surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths — and portends further trouble ahead — scientists at UC San Francisco said the cluster of mutations that characterizes the homegrown strain should mark it as a “variant of concern” on par with those from the United Kingdom, South Africa and Brazil.

It is not science,” the United Teachers Los Angeles said in a statement.

The union said it will vote next week to refuse resuming in-person classes unless certain demands are met, including that all returning staff get access to vaccinations and COVID-19 case numbers in the county continue to decrease.

Ferlinghetti had received the first dose of the COVID vaccine last week, his son said Tuesday

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