Epidemic / S1E61: The UK’s B.1.1.7 Variant — More Contagious and Virulent / Andrew Hayward, Trevor Bedford, Gard Nelson, Graham Medley

  • 21 Mar, 2021

A new variant of the coronavirus first discovered in the United Kingdom has public health officials worried. The CDC thinks it’ll become the dominant variant in the United States by the end of March.

Dr. Celine Gounder is the host of EPIDEMIC, a podcast about the public health and science of the coronavirus pandemic. In this excerpt from the podcast she spoke to infectious disease experts about the threat posed by the rising UK strain.

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S1E61: The UK’s B.1.1.7 Variant — More Contagious and Virulent / Andrew Hayward, Trevor Bedford, Gard Nelson, Graham Medley

This winter a new, more contagious variant of SARS-CoV-2 arose in the United Kingdom: B.1.1.7. The CDC estimates that this will become the dominant strain of coronavirus in the United States by March. This is the first of several episodes on the science and policy implications of the new coronavirus variants emerging out of the UK, South Africa, and Brazil. This episode will discuss how new variants are created, why we need to worry about B.1.1.7, and what this all means for public health in the coming months.

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