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So far the variant is very rare (unless there are newer numbers than I found yesterday). There’s a lag of months, I think, between these numbers and where it be
by ianai 5y ago
So far the variant is very rare (unless there are newer numbers than I found yesterday). There’s a lag of months, I think, between these numbers and where it becomes a phenomenon you’re likely to interact with at the local store.
Further, the world should be reacting to Covid at the global level. So far it’s like we’re not even addressing the beast on the turf it’s attacking us. And the price to do so, say 70 billion USD at a cost of 10$/dose (which it probably isn’t), is nothing compared to the reacting we’re seeing here today and will continue to see.
- koheripbal 5y agoIt has rapidly displaced all other variants in South Africa. It's only rare from a global perspective. It will be commonplace soon.
- timr 5y agoThose "rapdily displaced" numbers are based on a small number of samples and are not to be trusted. The fact that they're being repeated now is essentially fear-mongering by the news media.
- jwblackwell 5y agoThe number of cases in South Africa before this was very low as well, there aren’t many other cases of delta to compete with