While some degree of immune escape is possible, and the presence of the E484K mutation is suggestive of change in that direction, immune escape alone cannot explain the rapid the increase in prevalence. If that's not some of founder effect, it must have higher transmissibility.
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As an example, in FL over 70% est ever infected and current Reff = 0.65. They haven’t started wearing N95s in FL.https://covidestim.org/us/FL
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30% remaining seronegatives is huge with an R>6-8 virus.
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@discovery_sa might have some useful data. Also bear in mind SA has a huge HIV+ population, MASSIVE unemployment (& poverty), vaccination rates low, social distancing not taken seriously in many crowded places like public transport esp. in recent months.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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