🦠NEW VARIANT—a new #SARSCoV2 variant C.1.2 just identified in South Africa & several countries, with concerns it could be more infectious and evade vaccines. #C12 also has mutation rate that is nearly **twice as fast** as the rate of the other variants.🧵https://t.co/r4RReDcAIe pic.twitter.com/a432jYiexE

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) August 30, 2021