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apc-
First google for B.1.617.2:-
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01390-4
There's no direct quote but the article points to that, the closest quote is:-
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Reassuringly, no mutation in any of the B.1.617 variant subtypes is associated with increased disease severity, Tang says.
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Greenbank
Yes, the dominant variant now (B.1.617.2) seems to be more transmissible but causes fewer hospitalisations (percentage wise) than most of the other variants.
It's no surprise that it's increasing fastest in the cohorts that have lowest vaccination coverage.
A highly transmissible but weak (in terms of damage it causes) variant of the virus is far from the worst possibility right now, especially given where we are with the vaccinations.