New variants seem scary. Mutations obey laws of biology that make them less frightening than the media & leaders would like. No time for more than this: Corona is tame compared to a diabolical mutating virus called Influenza. We survive new flu each year, so fear not Covid19.https://twitter.com/DanielleFong/status/1356811341953138691 …
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Replying to @MLevitt_NP2013
in this case, the asymptomatic spread and early in incubation / before most symptoms show spread means that the typical evolutionary tradeoff between contagiousness and lethality is much less powerful. The B.1.1.7 variant is both more contagious and (probably) more lethal
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Replying to @DanielleFong @MLevitt_NP2013
Well, that's certainly not terrifying or anything. Thanks for the nightmare fodder, Danielle!
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Replying to @Ben_Steiner @MLevitt_NP2013
oh, you are most welcome Ben. 
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