The Amicron variants now been detected in at least 17 states in county. In response,

the Biden administration ruled out a new strategy to contain the variant. The Supreme Court

heard arguments in a Mississippi abortion ban case that could spell the end of Roe v. Wade

in abortion access in this country. This is America Dissective. I'm your host, Dr.

Dulal Sayed. Buckle up. It was only a matter of time until this happened.

Tonight, the variant spreading across the globe confirmed now in at least 28 countries,

eight more in the past 24 hours. Of course, now, including the US as well.

Mayor London Breed stood with leaders of San Francisco's pandemic response to formally

confirm the first US case of COVID linked to the Amicron variant.

After all, with a variant as transmissible as early evidence suggests Amicron may be,

it was bound to hit our shores. And yet, even as Amicron made landfall, there remain

a number of unanswered questions about the threat it poses and what comes next. The

evidence is demonstrated that Amicron may be twice as transmissible than Delta. What does

it mean for our ability to prevent transmission via masks and social distancing? We also

don't yet know the answer to the question on everybody's mind. What is Amicron's vaccine

escape capability? Or in other words, its ability to render our vaccines less effective?

The first cases of Amicron in the US, after all, were among fully vaccinated individuals,

though neither were boosted. And then there's the question of severity. Here's one of the

South African doctors who first treated Amicron cases.

The cases that we have seen last week and the week before last week was a mild case.

So we are looking for this severe cases because this severe cases is what's going to

say we are in trouble. I presume that might come later. But not now. Now it's mild

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