The world faces around 4,000 variants of the CCP virus that causes COVID-19, prompting a race to improve vaccines, Britain said on Thursday, as researchers began to explore mixing doses of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca shots. Thousands of variants have been documented as the virus mutates, including the so-called British, South African, and Brazilian variants. Although thousands of variants have arisen as the virus mutates on replication, only a very small minority are likely to be important and to change the virus in an appreciable way, according to the British Medical Journal. House Passes Budget Resolution to Set Up Partisan Vote on Package The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a budget resolution that lets Congress pass President Joe Biden’s CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus relief package without Republican backing. The 218–212 vote was entirely along party lines, except for two Democrats, Reps. Ed Case (D-Hawaii) and Jared Golden (D-Maine), …