In March, Britain Saw A Clade 1b Case -- In A Patient With No Travel Connections.

The patient also professed no known connection to those previously diagnosed.

While the overall risk remains low in the UK, these facts give rise to the inference that there may well be reservoirs of the virus in communities "in the wild" -- in England. And that would be a rather worrisome development, for epidemic abatement efforts.

Here's the latest, from Reuters reporting:

. . .Jonas Albarnaz of the Pirbright Institute described the case as "surprising" because prior infected individuals had recent travel history to an affected country or contact with someone who had.

Albarnaz added: "It's likely that it was acquired from another infected person, via direct contact either with skin lesions or with contaminated surfaces or objects."

The clade lb variant is a new form of the virus that is linked to a global health emergency declared by the World Health Organization in August. . . .

Now you know -- with a busy day from the courts in which Tangerine 2.0's agenda is being blunted day by day. Most of his ideas about repressive governing are patently unlawful, or outright unconstitutional. Onward, resolutely.

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