COVID-19 task force leader was source of errant report of another new virulent Covid strain in USA

The New York Times reports that the news of a new USA COVID-19 strain are inaccurate. Read more:

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/08/world/covid-19-coronavirus/false-reports-of-a-new-us-variant-originated-from-dr-deborah-birx-on-the-task-force