Study: Seven virus variants found in U.S. may be more contagious

A new study published Feb. 14, 2021, found that seven strains of a variant of the Chinese communist virus (Wuhan pneumonia) have been identified in the United States and may be more contagious.

A new study has found that seven variants of the Chinese communist virus (Wuhan pneumonia) similar to the British variant have been identified in the United States and may be more contagious.

The study was published Sunday (Feb. 14) on MedRxiv.org, the New York Times reported. The study identified seven previously undetected variants of COVID-19 (Chinese communist virus) in patients in the United States. All of these variants are thought to be of domestic U.S. origin.

The researchers told New Times that some or even all of these variants may contain mutations similar to those in the British variant of the strain. These mutations occur in the same parts of the genes, and they determine how the virus enters human cells.

This could mean that these strains are more contagious in a way similar to the British variant, the paper said. The British variant strain has caused the latest round of outbreaks to spike in the country. However, this claim has not been confirmed.

“It’s clear that this mutation is happening,” said Jeremy Kamil, a co-author of the study. “I think there’s a clear evolutionary trend.”

Last December and this January, the United Kingdom experienced a new surge of cases of the CCP virus, making the country the most infected in the world. (Note: The Chinese Communist Party is concealing the outbreak and the outside world has no access to China’s true outbreak data.)

Rochelle Walensky, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), said on Jan. 27 of this year that cases of this British variant of the virus have been found in 26 U.S. states.

“As of Jan. 26, 308 cases of infection with the B.1.1.7 variant of the virus originating in the United Kingdom have been confirmed in 26 states in the United States.” Valensky said last month, “The recently discovered variants appear to be more easily transmitted and they are more transmissible, which could lead to an increase in cases and add stress to our already burdened health care system.”