Senate GOP Leaders angry Inslee is talking about COVID variants, new 'science' and other topics instead of focusing on where state regions go from Phase 2.
No firm answer about new Phases beyond 2 given by Inslee. He also said there's a one week "pause" on any regions going backwards, but did not elaborate if any are in 'danger' of doing so.
According to WSDOH, they claim a lot of unknowns. This second strain came from South Africa, the first 'strain' from the UK. That was the one that allegedly spread faster and more easily, but otherwise was not vastly different than original.