The British mutation story

There seems to be nothing that works against the spread of the corona virus. But a lot of data can be collected:

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.14.422555v2.full

And an interesting thing is found:

https://www.gisaid.org/references/gisaid-in-the-news/uk-reports-new-variant-termed-vui-20201201/

So there is a variant that got more common in parts of the UK. "[A]ssociated with where we are seeing increasing rates of covid-19" - Nick Loman:

https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m4857

All kinds of "maybe" conclusions can be drawn from it:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/14/how-a-new-covid-strain-may-have-spread-virus-in-south-of-england

And another scare is born. The only solution is for people to get tired of it.

Some criticism of the scare:

https://summit.news/2020/12/21/scientists-mps-ask-where-is-evidence-of-70-more-contagious-mutant-covid/