Boris Johnson: The UK Covid Variant May Be More Deadly.
Prime Minister Johnson offered sobering news about the Covid Variant now spreading world wide. (Washington Post)
“England’s chief scientific adviser, Patrick Vallance, offered an example. He said that among 1,000 men in England age 60 or older who get infected, the original virus would kill 10. The new variant, he said, would kill 13 or 14. That would represent a 30 percent rise in mortality, though it is important to note that absolute risk of death remains low.
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Covid-19 has a sad ‘one step forward and two steps back’ pattern that continues to hamper efforts of controlling the spread of the virus. The World now desperatley hopes the vaccines inoculate against the Covid -19 variants that are emerging. Thankfully, United States has new competent leadership at the highest levels and can harness the power of the full Federal Government and effectively put forth the herculean effort needed to eradicate the virus once and for all.
