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NEW: PM confirms that as well being more infectious "there is now some evidence" to suggest that the new variant may also be more deadly.
Though this is a change to the data, it potentially makes the decision not to lock down everywhere before Christmas (and to allow some relaxation) all the more problematic and the questions in the thread below all the more acute. https://twitter.com/lewis_goodall/status/1347274149274791936?s=20
More data on new variant
-no change in age distribution
-with the old variant males in their sixties of a 1000 people 10 would be expected to die
-with new variant, that would increase to 13 or 14
Still a great deal of uncertainty. Needs to be treated with caution.
-no change in age distribution
-with the old variant males in their sixties of a 1000 people 10 would be expected to die
-with new variant, that would increase to 13 or 14
Still a great deal of uncertainty. Needs to be treated with caution.
