B16172 variant: The UK needs to brace for more cases, despite vaccine effectiveness

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B16172 variant: The UK needs to brace for more cases, despite vaccine effectiveness

The B16172 variant is now dominant in the UK, and there have been fears that its sudden rise could derail Britain’s exit from lockdown. Scientists—including me—have predicted previously that B16172 and other closely related variants could, because of the mutations they carry, be resistant to vaccines.

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