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The evidence is in, and the UK variant does appear to be of great concern. The viral load of infected people is higher, and it seems to be about 50% more transmissible. It doesn’t appear to cause more severe illness, but more cases will unfortunately result in greater mortality.
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In an analysis of 2,700 people followed for 28 days, 0.89% of people with the new variant died compared to 0.73% of those with older variants. This was not statistically significant.
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Why a SARS-CoV-2 variant that's 50% more transmissible would in general be a much bigger problem than a variant that's 50% more deadly. A short thread... 1/
— Adam Kucharski (@AdamJKucharski) December 28, 2020
However, measures to limit contacts will need to be more strict to keep transmission in check.
https://t.co/Vf1HvOUV7H
Did the new SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 lineage spread during the English national lockdown? Rising numbers and estimated higher R value suggest so. Together with our colleagues from COG-UK we took a closer look. >> https://t.co/YfCl4VUsrK pic.twitter.com/edhxttQRgS
— Moritz Gerstung (@MoritzGerstung) December 30, 2020
https://t.co/4y5T31LgkK
More infectious SARS-CoV2 VOC 202012/01 strain is spreading at a similar rate across the whole UK. Clearly not a founder effect. >90% of all infections will be by this strain across the UK by February 1st. See code & data at https://t.co/hVi7Ld03KZ pic.twitter.com/lhOIKJ1xmy
— Tom Wenseleers (@TWenseleers) December 28, 2020
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