The World Health Organization is keeping an eye on a new COVID-19 variant that has a higher transmissibility rate but doesn’t appear to be more dangerous.
“The case counts of respiratory infections have begun to drop as we’re entering into the spring months in the Northern Hemisphere with warmer temperatures and people getting outdoors,” says Binnicker. “Respiratory viruses, like SARS-CoV-2, tend to decline in the spring and summer months, and that is what we’re seeing in most parts of the U.S. right now.”
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, keeps emerging because the virus mutates and copies itself as it spreads from person to person, creating new variants. “New variants come and go. We’re seeing increased transmission rates, so higher levels of infectivity with recent COVID-19 variants, but in general, they tend to be causing less severe disease in individuals, which is good news,” explains Binnicker. “This is likely due to a combination of factors, including higher vaccination rates, higher rates of immunity from prior infection, and lower pathogenicity of recent variants.”Although COVID-19 rates in the U.S.
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