COVID variant, B.1.1.7. threatens children and rates are rising in neighboring states. By Terry Falk - Apr 12th, 2021 10:36 am //end headline wrapper ?>School classroom. (Pixabay License).
On April 5, the city of Madison reported that 21 children and daycare workers at one facility came down with the B.1.1.7 variant. A recent
Wisconsin
Examiner article outlined that an increase in this variant was far more contagious and far more likely to cause serious health complications.
Because its transmission rate is 50% to 100% greater than the original COVID-19, the B.1.1.7 mutation, which was first identified in the United Kingdom, is already the dominant strand in Wisconsin. Previous evidence showed that, with the original strain, adults were most affected; children were far less likely to get sick from the virus and to transmit it. This new variant has changed all that.