Is there any data yet on how effective the two vaccines are in preventing hospitalization or death from infection by the new (particularly the California) variants?
Are tests routinely being tested for these variants? More concerningly, could we get to the point where the genetics are so different from the OG COVID we know and love that a sample might not test positive for COVID at all?
B.1.427/B.1.429
Is there any data yet on how effective the two vaccines are in preventing hospitalization or death from infection by the new (particularly the California) variants?
Are tests routinely being tested for these variants? More concerningly, could we get to the point where the genetics are so different from the OG COVID we know and love that a sample might not test positive for COVID at all?