Worrying COVID ‘Cicada’ Variant Spreads as US Maps Go Dark

Dr. Dan Barouch, director of the Center for Virology and Vaccine Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, told Newsweek that the “cicada” variant “has a number of new mutations that lead to partial escape from current neutralizing antibody responses, but so far it does not appear to lead to more severe symptoms.” Read Full Article…