The potential new head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has cautioned that at least one new coronavirus strain has shown resistance to treatments, but insists the vaccines are still effective. A number of new COVID-19 strains have arisen over the past month, stirring concern that current treatments and vaccines will not be effective. "We don't have any information whether it evades our vaccines," Walensky continued. Walensky confirmed that she had "heard similar things" about the antibodies used in treatments like the Regeneron therapy used to treat President Donald Trump. The new U.K. strain of the virus has proven to be more transmissible, and that might prove problematic to ensuring a safe environment in schools.

Source: Fox News January 17, 2021 18:55 UTC