How many controversies there were, how many people died,
and now the conspiracy theorists were right again. A variant
of the COVID-19 R.1 virus, which, according to scientists,
is more infectious and can bypass modern vaccines, has been
found in 35 countries. The Israeli "Cursor" writes that it was
discovered in a nursing home in Kentucky in the US in March
and has since spread to 47 US states. Why the virus appeared
in the nursing home is obvious. If Covid-19 is a weapon of
bioterrorism, according to one theory, then such places are
best for spreading it. About which I already wrote a little
earlier. The new version of COVID-19 R.1 was found in Japan
and contains a mutation that bypasses the antibody protection
found in even fully vaccinated people. According to the GISAID
virus infection reporting network, as of September 22, 10,567
cases of R.1 have been identified worldwide. In terms of the
number of infected, the United States and Japan are leading -
2259 and 7519 people, respectively. R.1 contains the W152L
mutation in the region of the spike protein, which is the target
of antibodies. Therefore, according to the US Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, this could theoretically reduce
its effectiveness.
