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NH Ethylene

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Sat Apr 10, 2021, 06:15 PM Apr 2021

Evidence now that the UK Covid variant is not only more contagious, but it's more deadly. [View all]

This variant appears to be driving the new US surge and has affected a younger population.

It was clear early on that it was more virulent. This article (published a couple of weeks ago) looks at results of a recent study that indicate it's also more deadly.

"There is an increase in deaths from 2.5 to 4.1 per 1,000 detected cases in the same group."



https://www.news-medical.net/news/20210322/B117-SARS-CoV-2-variant-significantly-more-dangerous.aspx?fbclid=IwAR0srgZgG36H80deoBj_vhQKDz951D1kHfJAhqOMmYnl_mMRitxeOSVJngk

So a new surge that affects younger people and kids, just as all the schools are reopening. I wonder how complacent people will be if their kids start dying.

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