⚠️FASTER TRANSMISSION warning from UK🇬🇧 govt of #B16172 variant—“confident that B16172 is more transmissible than #B117, & realistic possibility that #B16172 could be 50% more transmissible & would lead to a substantial resurgence of hospitalisations.”🧵
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2) the SAGE report also warns: “In the areas where numbers of infections are increasing rapidly under the measures currently in place, an even faster increase can be expected if measures are relaxed (high confidence)”
3) “There are local areas where new infections is increasing. Some local areas have had continued rapid growth in variants—particular concern is B.1.617.2 variant (first identified in India, now widespread). There are now multiple fast-growing clusters of this variant in the UK.
5) Vaccines are cool… but we need to combine with masks. Vaccines alone not enough for faster variants.
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