APRIL 2, 2021

Variants Silently Spread, Domestic Abuse, Safety of America’s Bats and Other News

By Marie Rosenthal, MS
The B.1.1.7 variant was probably in this country for a couple of months before its discovery in the middle of December in the United Kingdom; COVID-19 antibody tests are pretty reliable; the pandemic has created a perfect storm for domestic violence, abuse and human trafficking; and some scientists are worrying about America’s bats.

It Was Heeere
The highly transmissible B.1.1.7 SARS-CoV-2 variant was probably spreading for months in the United States and other