Plague News: You're Going To Die. Soon, & Agonizingly.

Maybe not next wk. soon, but sooner than you expected or wanted.

Joel Achenbach / Washington Post:

CDC warns highly transmissible coronavirus variant to become dominant in U.S.  —  The Washington Post is providing this important information about the coronavirus for free.  For more free coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, sign up for our Coronavirus Updates newsletter where all stories are free to read.

New York Times:   C.D.C. Warns the New Virus Variant Could Fuel Huge Spikes in Covid Cases

Cassidy Morrison / Washington Examiner:   Highly contagious UK coronavirus variant likely to become dominant strain in US by March

Gaby Arancibia / Sputnik News:   CDC: Highly Contagious UK COVID-19 Variant May Become Dominant US Strain by March

Kathryn Krawczyk / The Week:   More transmissible coronavirus variant may be dominant strain by March — a bad sign for already overwhelmed hospitals

Hope there was plenty of this new strain wafting through the air at the Capitol last wk.