dr. marc siegel. the word mutation is a scary word. i want to point out that a mutation doesn t necessarily make the virus more effective. it could be less. it s for sure the case that the vaccines are going to continue to work against this variant. the question is how decreased their effectiveness will be cdc says no concerned cases of the variant in the u.s. new york s governor has declared a state of emergency halting elected surgeries fears over the more dangerous variant plus these travel bans caused a friday market tum bible which the president did say he expected. we do have breaking news this morning. the associated press is reporting that 61 people who arrived in the earth inner lands from south africa have tested positive today for covid-19. further tests being conducted right now to variant. we are certain suddenly