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CCP Virus Variant in the UK Spreads Over 50 Percent Faster: Study
Epoch Times ^ | 12/24/2020 | Simon Veazey

Posted on 12/24/2020 6:46:03 AM PST by SeekAndFind

The new strain of the CCP virus that emerged in the UK spreads over 50 percent faster and could make up nine out of 10 cases in the southeast of England by mid-January, according to a preliminary study.

The study (pdf), by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, used mathematical modeling to project the spread of the new strain in the southeast quarter of the country where it is already beginning to dominate.

“We estimate the transmission rate of this variant is 50-74 percent higher than existing variants,” said study author Dr. Nick Davies.

Echoing comments made by government scientists, he said that the study provided “no clear evidence it leads to higher rates of hospitalisation or death.”

However, the study concluded that the higher transmission was likely to ultimately push up the number of cases and drive hospitalisations and deaths beyond the levels of 2020.

“Without effective control policies, rapid surges are predicted and the burden in the first six months of 2021 may be greater than what was seen in 2020,” Davies wrote on Twitter.

The study, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, analysed data on the variant in London, the southeast, and the east of England.

“If current trends continue, the new variant could represent 90 percent of cases by mid-January.”

Many scientists earlier this week emphasised that there was no evidence yet that vaccines would not be effective on the new strain.
“The response to the new variant has generated a much greater reaction than the previous report of the D614G mutation which arose several months ago and has clearly been shown to increase virus growth rates,” said Dr. Jonathan Stoye of the Francis Crick Institute.


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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: covid19; infectionrate; mutation; uk
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1 posted on 12/24/2020 6:46:03 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Weren’t they talking like this back in March?


2 posted on 12/24/2020 6:50:25 AM PST by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: OttawaFreeper

Great news, we will reach heard immunity that much faster.


3 posted on 12/24/2020 6:53:44 AM PST by RBW in PA
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To: SeekAndFind

But is it deadlier ??????


4 posted on 12/24/2020 6:55:40 AM PST by Mopp4 ("It is a cruel world, Herr Hauptman. You said it yourself.")
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To: OttawaFreeper

I find it interesting that a new strain arrives just as vaccines are hitting the market.


5 posted on 12/24/2020 6:56:02 AM PST by libh8er
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To: Mopp4
But is it deadlier ??????

I am shocked that they missed that perfect opportunity to wildly speculate and fear monger.

6 posted on 12/24/2020 7:02:23 AM PST by Not_Who_U_Think
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To: libh8er

It’s almost like magic.


7 posted on 12/24/2020 7:02:37 AM PST by Dutch Boy
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To: SeekAndFind

According to a mathematical model.

As I recall it was a laughably defective mathematical model that started this whole mess.


8 posted on 12/24/2020 7:02:42 AM PST by Paine in the Neck ( Socialism consumes EVERYTHING!)
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To: libh8er; SeekAndFind; All

Dr. Li-Meng Yan who worked in the Wuhan Lab and is now in the US and has been reporting for months the virus was developed as a CCP bioweapon PREDICTED as soon as the vaccines would be available that a new strain would be released.

She was on Steve Bannon’s War Room yesterday.

Here’s her Twitter:

https://twitter.com/DrLiMengYAN1?s=09

Twitter keeps banning her of course.

She’s also on Parler.


9 posted on 12/24/2020 7:06:41 AM PST by Hostage (Article V)
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To: Mopp4

The theory back in March is that it would mutate to survive and part of that process is that it does not want to kill off it’s host.

So it would be higher transmission but less deadly.

They can’t even decide on a good medicine for you to take as soon as you get it.

I dont have a lot of faith in any of this. They are spit balling as they try to figure it out.

Meanwhile, I have to go to Tractor Supply today to get my darn horse paste in case I get it and a Dr refuses to prescribe Ivermectin.

I want a medicine to take before I have to go to the hospital.

btw, Ellen Degeneres said she had excruciating back pain. This reminds me of how the shingles virus can live near your spine and then one day erupt. I Need to go get that vaccine.


10 posted on 12/24/2020 7:07:55 AM PST by RummyChick (I BLAME KUSHNER)
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To: All

Here’s her Parler:

https://parler.com/profile/DrLMYAN19Jan2020/posts


11 posted on 12/24/2020 7:11:44 AM PST by Hostage (Article V)
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To: SeekAndFind

12 posted on 12/24/2020 7:12:13 AM PST by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys )
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To: SeekAndFind

CCP fired their second salvo. Is there a more complicated, nuanced explanation that makes logical sense?


13 posted on 12/24/2020 7:15:55 AM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them)
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To: SeekAndFind

“Without effective control policies...”

What effective control policies and why weren’t they already in effect? Your current effective control policies haven’t worked, what are you going to do differently?

Maybe stay in only one room of our houses? Breathe less? Wear TWO masks? Stay 20 feet apart?


14 posted on 12/24/2020 7:17:18 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Donald J. Trump is the rightful President of the USA and his own party won't admit that.)
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To: SeekAndFind

More lies from our masters for Christmas.


15 posted on 12/24/2020 7:20:05 AM PST by wildcard_redneck (COVID lockdowns is are the Establishment's attack on the middle class and our Republic)
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To: SeekAndFind

could make up
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16 posted on 12/24/2020 7:21:43 AM PST by Fresh Wind ("This claim about election fraud is disputed.")
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To: SeekAndFind
Why do they feel the need to fill us with fear?

"Cases" are mostly just a positive test where the person is not hospitalized and for the most part has no symptoms.

They used to call that "herd immunity" where the virus has reached as many people as possible and people's immune systems are handling the virus.

Also, they have been unable to isolate the COVID virus. China has destroyed all its information it had on the COVID. I would like to know why they did that.

Was it all a ruse in the beginning to make us think we are having another Spanish Flu when in fact it was really just another regular flu?

What if this "new Strain" is actually just the seasonal flu?

They have put us into enough fear that NO ONE COUGHS ANYMORE IN PUBLIC for fear of someone thinking somebody might be passing on the COVID.

I am really, really tired of all this crap.

17 posted on 12/24/2020 7:25:14 AM PST by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys )
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My friend told me that after she got Covid, she had to get tested every day until she had a negative test to resume her nursing job.

But each day she tested positive was was logged as a new case.


18 posted on 12/24/2020 7:28:02 AM PST by nascarnation
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To: SeekAndFind

Oooooohhhhhhh....I’m sooooo scared. NOT.


19 posted on 12/24/2020 7:33:06 AM PST by goodnesswins (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution." -- Saul Alinksy)
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To: nascarnation
But each day she tested positive was was logged as a new case.

Almost sounds like somebody has an agenda and wants "cases" to be as high as possible.

Meanwhile, we get pushed around by the "fear" about something they refuse to explain correctly.

20 posted on 12/24/2020 7:39:55 AM PST by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys )
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