unfortunately because the brazilian government has underprioritized the effort against covid there are a limited number of studies for the brazilian variant, so there's not as much good science as you would like this is a decent survey not too out of datehttps://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/what-we-know-about-the-p1-variant-of-the-coronavirus.html …
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Replying to @DanielleFong @angeluisfc and
the most compelling piece of anecdata i've heard comes from an interview with contact tracers working in Manaus, heard over the BBC World Service. "previously, we would contact trace people, and of 3 contacts maybe one would get the disease, now it is *everybody"
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Replying to @DanielleFong @BuenoEnfurecido and
So, there’s no scientific evidence of neither the variant is more lethal nor more transmissible Article citing people and a BBC interview That’s far from serious from any newspaper or radio But just a point:pic.twitter.com/ma8edKmEF7
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Replying to @angeluisfc @BuenoEnfurecido and
no, there is a lot of anecdotal and circumstantial evidence, and increasing amount of scientific evidence. the evidence of higher transmissibility of some variants, the more recent B.1.1.7 variants in the UK, the P.1. Variant in Brazil, is pretty clear evidence for D614G moreso
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Replying to @DanielleFong @BuenoEnfurecido and
I’m sorry but there is NO certainty about the higher transmissibility of the UK variant That has been explained many times: NO CERTAINTY Look at the situation in UK. You are free to read whatever u want, but it takes time before reach a scientific evidence.
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Replying to @angeluisfc @BuenoEnfurecido and
during lockdown covid cases fell in most areas of the UK but rose in areas like the south east and london where the B.1.1.7 variant took over. this variant then grew to dominate new infections in canada, an outbreak in was associated with a 99+% attack rate. >10x viral particles
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Replying to @DanielleFong @angeluisfc and
Please, don't throw up unreferenced data, and even it is referenced, you MUST be careful (a little nuance can make your inopinated argument completely incorrect).
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Replying to @BuenoEnfurecido @angeluisfc and
i've been supplying the majority of the references in this thread, but, fine. here is a report on the B.1.1.7 variant ripping through an Ontario care home.https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/new-variant-behind-massive-covid-19-outbreak-at-ontario-ltc-home-1.5277505 …
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Replying to @DanielleFong @BuenoEnfurecido and
🤷🏻♀️ Retweeted Trevor Bedford
here is a thread from virologist Trevor Bedford on the B.1.1.7 variant.https://twitter.com/trvrb/status/1344031146808647683?s=20 …
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Trevor BedfordVerified account @trvrbWith data that has emerged in the last week, I'm now 80-90% convinced that infections by the UK variant virus (Pangolin lineage B.1.1.7,@nextstrain clade 20B/501Y.V1) result in, on average, more onward infections, ie are more transmissible. 1/10 https://twitter.com/trvrb/status/1341446447045087232 …Show this thread1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @DanielleFong @BuenoEnfurecido and
🤷🏻♀️ Retweeted Prof. Christina Pagel
here are graphs demonstrating the rise in infections and prevalence of the variant, rising first in the southeast and london, during the period of decline in the rest of the country.https://twitter.com/chrischirp/status/1356676871124094976?s=20 …
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Prof. Christina PagelVerified account @chrischirpSo this graph from the latest NERVTAG shows that the new B117 variant is now dominant in all English regions taking around 7-8 weeks to go from less than 10% of cases to 80%+. Many countries in Europe currently at about 5-10%... pic.twitter.com/lsRo5zbsON1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
(during which there were serious public health restrictions)
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