A new study @TheLancetPH today questions the higher B.1.1.7 lethality in a small sample of hospitalized patients with viral sequencing, before there was resource limitation https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(21)00170-5/fulltext https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1377358072314654720
A new study @TheLancetPH today questions the higher B.1.1.7 lethality in a small sample of hospitalized patients with viral sequencing, before there was resource limitation https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(21)00170-5/fulltext https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1377358072314654720
A new study @TheLancetPH today questions the higher B.1.1.7 lethality in a small sample of hospitalized patients with viral sequencing, before there was resource limitation https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(21)00170-5/fulltext https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1377358072314654720
It is at odds with the prior multiple, much larger independent reports of higher lethality (~1.6X), as also pointed out in the accompanying editorial (Table), which were community-based and did not use whole genome sequencing https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(21)00201-2/fulltext
Another study @TheLancetInfDis confirms higher transmissibility of B.1.1.7 (as did the other, vs ancestral strain) and highlights its lack of reinfection risk (cf ancestral) https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(21)00055-4/fulltext
Another study @TheLancetInfDis confirms higher transmissibility of B.1.1.7 (as did the other, vs ancestral strain) and highlights its lack of reinfection risk (cf ancestral) https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(21)00055-4/fulltext
Another study @TheLancetInfDis confirms higher transmissibility of B.1.1.7 (as did the other, vs ancestral strain) and highlights its lack of reinfection risk (cf ancestral) https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(21)00055-4/fulltext
Good coverage, breakdown of these papers @NBCNews by @denisechow https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/uk-variant-isnt-linked-severe-disease-death-study-finds-rcna658
U.K. variant isn't linked to more severe disease or death, study finds

People infected with the U.K. variant of the coronavirus did not experience more severe symptoms and were not at higher risk of death, according to a new study.

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/uk-variant-isnt-linked-severe-disease-death-study-finds-rcna658
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