@joelle_emerson ("Joelle Emerson") retweeted:
@mgsiegler ("M.G. Siegler") wrote:
A reasonably calm and rational thread about the new COVID variant. Short answer: we don’t know much yet across the board. Some troubling signals but the data is so small right now that it may be meaningless. Mostly good to see the world moving fast to do the right things. 🤞🦠💉
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@ashishkjha ("Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH") wrote:
Every few months, we hear about anew variant
Most turn out to not be much
Well, unfortunately, there's a new variant B.1.1.529 that is concerning
What do we know so far? A few things but not a lot
Reminder: when it comes to variants, we focus on three things
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