As of September 2023, the Seattle and King County Public Health District had to shut down some 40 restaurants and food trucks for various health violations.
The variants latch onto cells more tightly, invade them more efficiently, and elude many of the antibodies induced by previous infections and vaccines.
The picture shows injured Deputy Travis Watkins who continues to recover at home and his partner, Deputy Andrew Wilkinson who authorities say helped save Watkins life.