Former White House COVID-19 response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx told Newsmax a new COVID-19 strain is “just starting to spread.”

Birx said on “American Agenda” that there are symptomatic similarities between this strain and one that surfaced in the U.S. about the same time last year. “Most people will remember we carried it right into the school year. We didn’t peak until the middle of September.”

Birx said the pattern of impact on the population will most likely be the same as the strain from last year. “I think that’s what’s going to happen again this year. It’s just starting to spread.”

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