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https://wamu.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/gettyimages-1230696309_wide-35f053da4fdee6cfa1d21d556ad8b989a171b306-1024x576.jpg1024576They don't yet understand why the coronavirus variant called P.1 has spread so explosively there. Its set of mutations seem especially dangerous. And this week P.1 was confirmed in the U.S.