hospitalization and death, but it s going to take some time to be able to know exactly how far spread it is, what those mutations, the behavior of the virus, how this variant fares against dell that and how it will do in more vaccinated countries. south africa s a place where only 25% of the population is fully vaccinated, so it s not a surprise that it may have aridsen there. arisen there. edward: dr. fauci is saying the travel ban with possibly will not contain this. is the travel ban a good idea? will it actually stop the spread. no, it s not a good idea. it actually penalizes countries for being transparent and talking about what variants they discovered and alerting the world. south africa deserves praise, not punishment. with a rapidly-spreading variant like this, it s not likely that any kind of travel ban is going to actually stop it from showing up. and there s no way to know that it s not even in the united states at this point because it s in the u.k., belgium, israel, hon