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Delta emerged in late spring 2021 though. You must be thinking about Alpha. However, it became dominant in the US only in late March 2021 according to Wikipedia
by shmel 5y ago
Delta emerged in late spring 2021 though. You must be thinking about Alpha. However, it became dominant in the US only in late March 2021 according to Wikipedia[0]
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SARS-CoV-2_Alpha_variant#Spread_in_North_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SARS-CoV-2_Alpha_variant#Sprea...
- musicale 5y ago> You must be thinking about Alpha Yes, unfortunately I couldn't correct it. I wish HN allowed corrections for weeks rather than hours! Hmm, as I understood it alpha was circulating in the US in December, but perhaps you are correct that it didn't actually surge until later?