RE: Why is new variant more deadly22 Jan 2021 21:25
There was a piece on Sky News earlier.
It basically summarised that the new strain can learn to survive from anything that is thrown at it.
It's getting smarter.
It also said that Mainland China has a current total of 1,960 officially confirmed cases, but the government is going to extraordinary lengths to stop limited outbreaks turning into a second wave.
They also showed a video posted on Chinese social media which showed a man being restrained and tied to a tree by epidemic control workers after he went outside for a walk. The workers shouted at the man: "You're outside when the pandemic situation is so serious! How dare you! Tie him up tightly! F*** you!"
The village official in charge of the workers was suspended and is being investigated, authorities said. - YEH. RIGHT
"According to source-tracing investigation, the cluster infections reported in China since the winter are all caused by imported cases, inbound visitors and imported goods, which mainly occurred in cities with airports, land ports and sea ports where there are people and good flowing in."
China has boasted, very publicly, of its success in controlling the coronavirus - and credited those achievements to the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party.
They also claim that there have only been around 7,000 deaths from Covid in the last year.
For a population of 1.5 billion people that is unbelievable Jeff.