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Originally Posted by Toyark
B.1.1.529 variant
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There was a lot of concern over the AY4.2 variant (Delta Plus) which was considered to be more transmissible, but it turns out it was also less dangerous and is now considered a move towards what the scientists have predicted will happen—that the virus eventually mutates to become just another background illness. The genetic traces of the 1918 Spanish Flu which killed 50 million around the globe are still with us in the seasonal flu that's going around each winter (and against which I've just had a flu jab).
It's great that we have such dedicated scientists on the ball looking for the ramifications of such a new strain, and I hope it will not be as bad as the warnings. #crossingfingersandtoes
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