Colbert Rings in a New Covid Variant With a ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Parody (Video)
On Tuesday, Stephen Colbert paid tribute to a new mutant variation of Covid-19 in New York City with the only possible way to make a Covid-19 story fun: A shout out to “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.”
Now if you’re not living in New York and missed the news, here’s some background. A new joint study from Caltech and Columbia universities suggests that a new Covid-19 variant, “B.1.526,” has emerged in New York and could show some resistance to various vaccines. Now, it’s extremely important to note that the study hasn’t been peer reviewed, additional research may disprove it. And experts say the vaccines remain effective enough to prevent hospitalization.
Even so, the news media has of course reported it widely as the NYC variant is one of several popping up in locations around the world. And on “The Late Show” on Tuesday, the juxtaposition with the...
Now if you’re not living in New York and missed the news, here’s some background. A new joint study from Caltech and Columbia universities suggests that a new Covid-19 variant, “B.1.526,” has emerged in New York and could show some resistance to various vaccines. Now, it’s extremely important to note that the study hasn’t been peer reviewed, additional research may disprove it. And experts say the vaccines remain effective enough to prevent hospitalization.
Even so, the news media has of course reported it widely as the NYC variant is one of several popping up in locations around the world. And on “The Late Show” on Tuesday, the juxtaposition with the...
- 3/3/2021
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
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