EYECARE: Coronavirus BRIEFING: Crisis Response Tactics New COVID ‘Super Strains’ Could Disrupt Life Again By Staff Friday, January 8, 2021 12:08 AM After 10 months of masks, social distancing, virtual school, fear for vulnerable loved ones, and loneliness, this is the news no one wanted to hear: The virus that causes COVID-19 has changed—once again—in ways that make it more contagious.At least one new “super strain” of the virus is already in the U.S. Another highly contagious strain from South Africa could be on its way. As bad as things are now, experts believe these new strains are not responsible for the spike in cases seen in many states as people fall ill after holiday travel.The strains are about 50 percent more contagious than the virus that has been most widely circulating in the U.S., though it doesn’t seem to be more fatal for any one person who catches it.Head over to WebMD to read the full story.