> I think that odds are reasonable that UK strain, based on what we’re seeing so far, may well be more infectious than the existing ones. I hope I’m wrong about

> I think that odds are reasonable that UK strain, based on what we’re seeing so far, may well be more infectious than the existing ones. I hope I’m wrong about that, and I want to re-emphasize that I very well could be. > At the same murky level of clarity, I’m not seeing anything so far that makes me think that it causes a worse form of the disease, and I very much hope that I’m not wrong about that. > As for vaccine effects, my money is on the antibody response from the vaccines still being protective Seems to mirror other scientific opinions I'm seeing at the moment but obviously it's early days. The key concern amongst the general public seems to be "will the vaccine still work?" and on this point there seems to currently be a reasonably strong consensus along the lines of "there are currently no indications that it won't".