New Covid variant named Mu

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I think it's important to separate the alarmist headlines from the facts available, particularly since there are people on the fence about vaccination looking for any bit of information to convince them one way or the other. Mu has been in South America since January and the Vaccines are still protecting people:

https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20210909...variant-qa

When we talk about vaccine escape, we have to be very careful to specify this is escape from infection, not from serious disease. Even against the most vaccine resistant variant out there, the vaccines still protect against disease.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/scien...h-to-worry

The COVID-19 vaccines—Pfizer, Astra Zeneca, Johnson & Johnson, and Sinovac, all of which are available in Colombia—still seem to offer good protection against Mu

I think it's our responsibility to ensure our family and friends get the best information possible, and encouragement to get vaccinated. It's shocking to me that there is literally peer pressure and shaming among locals to not get vaccinated. We have to push back against that.