sharon sanders
Editor-in-Chief & President
Again...no one can predict the future...but still pay attention to this just-in-case...
A separate thread for emphasis from items posted on the site....
Please see:
Episode 40: An Imperfect Storm - An Osterholm podcast. Discusses the new B.1.1.7, commonly known as the UK variant, and the possibility that it becomes the dominant strain...
---------------------------------------------
My independent math on the actual UK government numbers to assess the situation:
https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum...rate-by-a-multiple-of-1-3?p=904939#post904939
--------------------------------------------
Video from Dr. John Campbell in the UK on the situation:
-------------------------------------------
hat tip Michael Coston for media link:
snip
Michael Osterholm, an epidemiologist and member of President Joe Biden's coronavirus transition team, said he has reviewed the UK report, as well as other data that has not been publicly released, and he is "convinced" that the new variant is deadlier.
"The data is mounting -- and some of it I can't share -- that clearly supports that B.1.1.7 is causing more severe illness and increased death," said Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota. "Already we know this variant has increased transmission, and so this is more very bad news."
CDC reviewing new data that suggests coronavirus variant identified in UK could be more deadly - CNN
A separate thread for emphasis from items posted on the site....
Please see:
Episode 40: An Imperfect Storm - An Osterholm podcast. Discusses the new B.1.1.7, commonly known as the UK variant, and the possibility that it becomes the dominant strain...
---------------------------------------------
My independent math on the actual UK government numbers to assess the situation:
https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum...rate-by-a-multiple-of-1-3?p=904939#post904939
--------------------------------------------
Video from Dr. John Campbell in the UK on the situation:
-------------------------------------------
hat tip Michael Coston for media link:
snip
Michael Osterholm, an epidemiologist and member of President Joe Biden's coronavirus transition team, said he has reviewed the UK report, as well as other data that has not been publicly released, and he is "convinced" that the new variant is deadlier.
"The data is mounting -- and some of it I can't share -- that clearly supports that B.1.1.7 is causing more severe illness and increased death," said Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota. "Already we know this variant has increased transmission, and so this is more very bad news."
CDC reviewing new data that suggests coronavirus variant identified in UK could be more deadly - CNN