Denmark even more worried than ever about new #B117 variant—B117 cases increasing 70% a week **despite strict lockdown**, says Denmark’s CDC genome sequencing *every single case in the country* for mutation. By contrast, sequencing 0.3%. #COVID19
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/uk-variant-covid-denmark/2021/01/22/ddfaf420-5453-11eb-acc5-92d2819a1ccb_story.html

2) “We’re losing some of the tools that we have to control the epidemic,” said Tyra Grove Krause, scientific director of Denmark CDC @SSI_dk

3) “Because it can spread more easily, it can also quickly overwhelm medical systems, turning previously survivable bouts with the virus into perilous ones if hospitals are full and medical care is limited.

4) “Danish public health officials say that if it weren’t for their extensive monitoring, they would be feeling a false sense of confidence right now.”

5) “Without this variant, we would be in really good shape,” said Camilla Holten Moller, co-leader of the State Serum Institute group modeling the spread of the virus.
“If you just look at the reproduction number, you just wouldn’t see that it was in growth underneath at all,”

6) “But the British variant is spreading so quickly that Danish authorities project it will be the dominant strain of the virus in their country as early as mid-
February. That would put Denmark ahead of US, CDC warned Friday that #B117 variant could dominate by March

7) Recently, every single CDC models show the B117 likely taking over by March — **every single model**.

It’s not just here but it’s likely taking over US transmission as we speak. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/coronavirus-variant-dominant-us/2021/01/15/4420d814-5738-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html