Is the third wave really “a new pandemic”? A Covid-19 Variant FAQ
The Big Story
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The Dangers of the P1 Variant
P1 is one of these variants that both has the mutation that seems to make the disease more severe, more transmissible. And it also, and this is a reason to be concerned in Canada, has this e-commutation that allows it to escape immunity from prior infection or from some vaccines. I would contest your assertion that we haven't seen this before. If you have a 1 in 10,000 risk of severe illness or death in a younger person and you allow 10,000 people to get infected, one of those people is going to die. The math's pretty unforgiving.
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