Public Health England has released new details on the UK coronavirus variant, including preliminary findings on its severity.
The report shows that the variant causes as many hospitalizations and deaths as the wild-type virus. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
The report shows that the variant causes as many hospitalizations and deaths as the wild-type virus. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
👍: The variant isn’t more severe.
👎: The variant still seems to spread faster/cause more cases, which could mean more hospitalizations and deaths overall. The new analysis reports the variant’s secondary attack rate is 15.1% versus 9.8% in the wild-type virus.
👎: The variant still seems to spread faster/cause more cases, which could mean more hospitalizations and deaths overall. The new analysis reports the variant’s secondary attack rate is 15.1% versus 9.8% in the wild-type virus.
On the bright side: The UK variant doesn’t seem to cause more reinfections than wild-type.
Plus what @AdamJKucharski said h/t @KindrachukJason
https://twitter.com/adamjkucharski/status/1343567425107881986
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