Here comes the California variant

The New York Times and LA Times have scary and scarier write-ups of new research on B.1.427, a.k.a. the California variant of coronavirus, which popped up sometime in mid-2020 and lately seems to show up more and more in genetic sequencing of the virus carried by the state s COVID patients. Pandemic-watchers have wondered why California seemed to do so well with cases last spring and summer before suffering such a hellacious outbreak this winter. The answer: B.1.427 maybe. Two new studies point to this variant being more infectious and more lethal than standard coronavirus, but they haven t been peer-reviewed and the samples in each are small. It could be we re dealing with something as dangerous as the British, South African, or Brazilian strains.

Or it could be, as is so often true of things that come from Cali, it s mostly hype.

via hotair.com