The latest Covid variants nicknamed ‘FLiRT’ are sweeping the nation after mutating the virus in a way that it evades the human immune systems.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) detected KP.1.1 and KP.2 variants in wastewater sampling, finding the latter made up about a quarter of new Covid cases last month.
But an infectious disease doctor has now told DailyMail.com that these new mutations, which alter the ‘spike proteins’ of the coronavirus, also appear to make the pandemic illness less capable of penetrating and infecting human cells.
This mixed blessing has medical professionals warning of an impending Covid wave this summer, which should make these sneakier — but less infectious — strains of the virus more common.
An infectious disease doctor has told DailyMail.com that new mutations to the ‘spike proteins’ of the coronavirus have made a new variant of the pandemic illness less capable of penetrating and infecting human cells. Above, a 3D model of covid-19 with its infamous spike proteins (red)
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