Travel between the US and UK, along with the high prevalence of the variant in UK infections, increases "the likelihood of importation," the CDC said. The UK variant "doesn't change what we need to do" to stay protected, US Surgeon General Jerome Adams said. Dr. Fauci says variant is probably in USThe UK variant probably is already in the US, said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Researchers are trying to determine if the UK variant is more transmissible, but Fauci said it doesn't seem to be more deadly. Some researchers examining the genome of the UK variant have concerns the mutations might diminish the vaccines' effectiveness.

Source: The Nation December 22, 2020 17:48 UTC