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deleted in reply to @Soul

is that not down to the fact that this new bug remix is X times more catchy?

#ianae

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Soul in reply to @deleted

I believe they were saying that per X people catching it, more people died with that variant than the normal one.

So more people are catching it but more of those catching it are also dying.

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Acliff in reply to @Soul

'For example, with 1,000 60-year-olds infected with the old variant, 10 of them might be expected to die. But this rises to about 13 with the new variant.'

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