[throwaway72h9a]

Yeah I make it a point to never trust the opinion of "experts" on such matters which can potentially create panic in society. It's just far easier to sound assuring than tell the naked truth as it is.

Most of these experts earlier said that the UK variant was nothing to worry about. Now we know it not only spreads faster but is also much deadlier. Same thing might happen here.

[h3cate]

Here in the UK we've already been warned that the new Brazilian variant is unlikely to be stopped by vaccines. It's surprising to see this story pop up all of a sudden.

[sterlind]

Pfizer seems to be effective against the Brazilian variant in-vitro: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/03/09/coronavirus...

J&J vaccine seems to have less trouble with Brazil than the other variants: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/single-dose-johnson-johnson-...