COVID Variants Existed Before the Rollout of Vaccines

COVID Variants Existed Before the Rollout of Vaccines

Variants are not caused by vaccines (Getty Images).

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On July 19th, George Papadapoulos, ex-aide to former President Donald Trump, tweeted that “a whole Greek alphabet of ‘variants’ appeared” after the rollout of vaccinations. Numerous Facebook users over the course of a few days afterward shared screenshots of the original tweet. Twitter users also retweeted his original post more than 5,000 times.

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