Many in Newport on Saturday wore masks on the Thames PHOTO: Richard McCaffrey, from GoLocal
Rhode Island has now reached number two in the country for most cases at 100,000, according to him
. Only New Jersey is ahead of RI.
The former head of the Food and Drug Administration, under President Donald Trump, warns that an internal strain could become problematic, especially for the Northeast.
But not everyone wore masks on Bellevue PHOTO: Richard McCaffrey
Vaccines cannot be effective
Dr. Scott Gottlieb, who appears on Face the Nation, warned on Sunday that the COVID-19 variant in New York could reinfect the survivors of the virus and the people who were vaccinated.
Gottlieb said the variant is known as B.1.526 and is worrying and that it is not yet known where it is causing an increase in cases in parts of New York.
“What we don’t understand with 1,526 is whether people are re-infected or not and whether people who could have been vaccinated are now getting infected with it,” Gottlieb said. New York City now ranks 5th in 100.00 cases.
“One of the concerns about this special variant is that it has that mutation that is also in the South African version, in version B.1.351, which we know that, in some cases, causes the reinfection of people who have already had coronavirus,” he said. “The question is whether 1,526 is responsible for some of the growth we are seeing in New York right now and whether this is the beginning of a new outbreak inside the city.”