More young people are catching COVID-19 despite record vaccines
Masks are still a huge part of this fight.
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For the third week in a row, Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations are increasing, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This is despite a record-breaking 4.6 million vaccine doses administered in one day.
Part of the cause is the U.K. variant of the disease, known as B.1.1.7. “[This] variant has mutations that allow it to bind more,” CNN medical analyst Jonathan Reiner said. “Think of this mutation as making the virus stickier.”
Studies also indicate that this variant is also deadlier, partcularly to young people. Not only is it more contagious, but when you are infected with it, you re more likely to get serious disease, Dr. William Schaffner of Vanderbilt Medical Center told National Geographic. And so we re concerned about it.