The COVID-19 pandemic

[tomh009]

New U.K. strain of COVID-19 could already be in Canada, says Dr. Anthony Fauci: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/fauci-uk-...-1.5852377

One small correction: it's a new variant, not a new strain (and, yes, it's CBC's mistake). SARS-CoV-2 is a strain, as is SARS-CoV (the original SARS virus). What we're dealing with here is a variant, caused by some mutations.

Sadly, I expect that most of the media will continue to confuse the two terms.