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The CoVid strain B.1.1.7, isolated in the UK, besides spreading more readily person to person, appears to be about 65%% deadlier that the original Chinese virus. This according to data just presented at the WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts meeting.
This conclusion stems from 3 case studies from the London School (35% higher), Imperial College London (36% higher, and the University of Exeter (91% higher). The case fatality rate for hospitalized patients was not significantly increased leading to the conclusion that the new strain increases the risk of a more severe case requiring hospitalization.
This strain is in the US. Many cases are in California, Florida, and New York.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/transmission/variant-cases.html
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