#Variant

Pippa Crerar

PippaCrerar

NEW Boris Johnson reveals the new more infectious "Kent" variant also has a higher degree of mortality. Sir Patrick Vallance says new variant is 30-70% more transmissible than old variant

COVID Perspective

covidperspectiv

BREAKING: A SECOND new variant has been found in the UK that is yet more transmissible. Few details other than the new variant came into the UK from South Africa.

Lewis Goodall

lewis_goodall

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

Lisa McNally

Lisa_McNally1

Questions I've been asked on the new coronavirus variant. And some answers. A thread...- What is the 'new variant'?- Is it in my area?- Is my chance of being infected

Dr. David Pate

drpatesblog

We must dramatically reduce the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 through adoption of public health measures and getting people vaccinated ASAP. Unfortunately, continued significant transmission is also leading to an increased number

Fleekskill

fleekskill

Woke up this morning with some real concerns about the COVID-19 UK variant here in Northern Westchester... This story hasn’t gotten a lot of traction yet - but a long

Youyang Gu

youyanggu

One of @CDCgov's own models has tracked the true decline in cases quite accurately thus far.Their projection shows that the B.1.1.7 variant will become the dominant variant in March. But

Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD

PeterHotez

THREAD 1/5: I know this is not very nice just a couple of days before Christmas but I have to say I'm concerned about the CDC press release today, and

whippletom

whippletom

Nervtag briefing: During lockdown, Kent was a mystery. Everywhere cases were falling or plateauing by November 20, but not in Kent. PHE went in to investigate. Couldn't see behavioural explanation.

Apoorva Mandavilli

apoorva_nyc

NEW: Is the new variant just as dangerous in children is it in adults? Is it more contagious in kids? What does it mean for schools? I heard these questions

Reuters

Reuters

A new variant of the pandemic SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is spreading rapidly in Britain and prompting high levels of concern among its European neighbors. The strain is said to be up

Jane Merrick

janemerrick23

Mishal Husain questions to Robert Jenrick getting to heart of what is, for me, the greatest error during the pandemic, on 19/12: allowing 3 households in most of England to

Roland Williams 🇿🇦 #rwpoetry

Roland_Williams

I received this via WhatsApp. Not sure who to accredit it to, but it makes for an interesting read. And it makes sense.(I’ve edited where necessary.)THREAD1. SA & UK are

Audi Kiskowski Byrne

a_haema

In local schools systems, we see the pattern that some schools will have a relatively large and dramatic outbreak. In one of these large outbreaks that make global news, fifteen

Dr Zoë Hyde

DrZoeHyde

(1/6) This is quite a concerning development. An additional mutation (E484K; a key mutation in the South African variant) has now also been detected in a limited number of people

The Conversation

ConversationUK

I am a genomics researcher and I investigated mutations in more than 50,000 coronavirus genomes so far this year.This new variant has a number of features that could raise concern

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