How is this news at all? The virus has been mutating and throwing off different strains all along. There are entire websites devoted to tracking these, e.g., [1]
Perhaps this is just the normal operation of American media to exaggerate the negative side of the situation? [2]
Perhaps this is just the normal operation of American media to exaggerate the negative side of the situation? [2]
[1] https://nextstrain.org/sars-cov-2/
[2] PDF link: https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w28110/w281...