First thing Biden and his handlers have done right. This is a fucking mess.
India has some crazy virus variants going on. Significant triple mutations.
"Researchers sequenced the viral genome from samples in the state of Maharashtra and found a unique combination of three mutations that suggest the SARS-CoV-2 virus is continually evolving to evade the human immune response. "
"They found that mutations L452R and E484Q in the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the spike protein and the mutations G142D and P681R outside the RBD increased in frequency from January 2021. Other mutations included H1101D and T95I. Only a small proportion of the sequences showed the B.1.1.7 variant, particularly in December 2020."
Until they can figure out how these mutation affect vaccine and natural immunity stop travel.
The E484Q mutation may be significant to the AstraZeneca vaccine.
"The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine offers as little as 10% protection against the Covid variant first seen in South Africa, researchers have suggested." South Africa variant has the E484K mutation in the same location as the Indian E484Q
Looks like the UK did the same, banned tavel from India.
