The new strain of Covid-19 is invincible How many controversies there were, how many people died, and now the conspiracy theorists were right again. A variant of the COVID-19 R.1 virus, which, according to scientists, is more infectious and can bypass modern vaccines, has been found in 35 countries. The Israeli "Cursor" writes that it was discovered in a nursing home in Kentucky in the US in March and has since spread to 47 US states. Why the virus appeared in the nursing home is obvious. If Covid-19 is a weapon of bioterrorism, according to one theory, then such places are best for spreading it. About which I already wrote a little earlier. The new version of COVID-19 R.1 was found in Japan and contains a mutation that bypasses the antibody protection found in even fully vaccinated people. According to the GISAID virus infection reporting network, as of September 22, 10,567 cases of R.1 have been identified worldwide. In terms of the number of infected, the United States and Japan are leading - 2259 and 7519 people, respectively. R.1 contains the W152L mutation in the region of the spike protein, which is the target of antibodies. Therefore, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this could theoretically reduce its effectiveness.