We’re gonna need a bigger alphabet

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said on Thursday that the U.S. is taking the variant, dubbed Mu, “very seriously,” but that it hasn’t taken an extensive hold in this country.

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Health officials “keeping a very close eye” on COVID-19 Mu variant

The World Health Organization has dubbed Mu a “variant of interest,” but the U.S. says it is not “an immediate threat” for the time being.