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Pretty Words...
SA is estimating an R of 2 - this is against a population protected to a certain degree by previous infections rather than widespread vaccination (it's also late spring and warm.)
The chief medical adviser to the UK Health and Security Agency has warned that a newly identified Covid-19 variant in southern Africa is the “most worrying we’ve seen”, with transmission levels not recorded since the beginning of the pandemic.
Dr Susan Hopkins said the R value, or effective reproduction number, of the B.1.1.529 variant in Gauteng in South Africa, where it was first found, is now 2.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...orrying-weve-seen-says-top-uk-medical-adviser
The chief medical adviser to the UK Health and Security Agency has warned that a newly identified Covid-19 variant in southern Africa is the “most worrying we’ve seen”, with transmission levels not recorded since the beginning of the pandemic.
Dr Susan Hopkins said the R value, or effective reproduction number, of the B.1.1.529 variant in Gauteng in South Africa, where it was first found, is now 2.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...orrying-weve-seen-says-top-uk-medical-adviser