The data from Public Health England has shown that Public Health England outcompeted the Alpha variant in that population. That is strong head to head evidence that Public Health England is Public Health England, here in the US it is doing very similar things. It seems to be on its way to becoming the dominant lineage in the US.

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Every time we see the virus circulating in the population, particularly a population that has pockets of immune people, vaccinated people, and pockets of unvaccinated people, you have a situation where the virus can probe.

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