Many in Newport on Saturday were wearing masks on the Thames. PHOTO: Richard McCaffrey of GoLocal
Rhode Island has now jumped to second place in the country in most cases per 100,000 inhabitants, according to
. Only New Jersey is ahead of RI.
The former head of the Food and Drug Administration under President Donald Trump is warning that a domestic variety can become problematic, especially for the northeast.
But not everyone wore masks at Bellevue. PHOTO: Richard McCaffrey
Vaccines may not be effective
Dr. Scott Gottlieb who appeared on Face the Nation warned on Sunday that the New York variant of COVID-19 could reinfect survivors of the virus and people who were vaccinated.
Gottlieb said the variant is known as B.1.526 and is worrying and it is not yet known where it is causing an increase in cases in parts of New York City.
“What we don’t understand about 1,526 is whether people are being reinfected or not and whether people who could have been vaccinated are now being infected,” said Gottlieb. New York City now has the fifth highest number of cases per 100 , 00.
“One of the concerns about this particular variant is that it has that mutation that is also in the South African variant, in variant B.1.351, which we know that in certain cases is causing people who have had coronavirus to be reinfected with it, “he added. “The question is whether 1,526 is responsible for some of the increases we are seeing in New York now and whether this is the start of a new outbreak within the city.”