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It's urgently important to wear a mask that fits tight enough and is of good quality and/or multilayer enough to reduce the amount of virus-laden droplets you inhale to a tiny amount. (see more below)
LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned Friday that a coronavirus variant first detected in the country in September may be around 30% more deadly than previous versions of the disease.
Johnson unveiled the worrying statistic in a London new conference.
British scientists already had concluded that the variant, known as B.1.1.7, spread between 30%-70% faster than the previous dominant coronavirus strain in the U.K.
New COVID variant discovered in UK may be 30% more lethal: British PM
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Both spreading easier and more deadly on average for those that get it.
It's already here in the U.S. widely.
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A new variant of the coronavirus believed to spread more easily has forced the United Kingdom into another lockdown and been detected in at least 33 countries, including the United States. Many of the U.S. cases have no known travel history — meaning the strain is spreading throughout communities. The variant, known as B.1.1.7, is not expected to be resistant to the vaccines rolled out in December, though scientists are racing to learn more about the mutation — and where it has already spread. Below is a primer for the public-health and political ramifications of the concerning development.
The B.1.1.7 (U.K.) strain has been found in at least 21 U.S. states
New COVID Strain Spreading Across U.S.: What We Know
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Here's we have a more contagious version of Covid, spreading now in the U.S., and more deadly.
So, in addition to the alarming new realization that an estimated 10% of survivors are "long haulers" that suffer for months (at least)....the new versions can kill more people, sooner.
How to protect yourself:
Wear a mask in all situations recommended, and tight fitting, multiple layer. Often adding a 2nd mask accomplishes this. Having a mask greatly reduces the amount of virus you get exposed to if you do get exposed, since the main load of virus is in droplets, which are far larger than the virus itself. Getting exposed to a low amount is very much better than getting exposed to a high amount. Doctors have observed that those that got exposed with masks on get milder cases. (see note just below on a good way to push down the edges)
More: anyone over 50 or under 50 even who has any kind of risk factor such as being a worker exposed to more people such as in a grocery store or other service business with many customers or being significantly overweight or hypertension or diabetes...or even type A blood, that they should not only have a multiple-layer tight fitting mask -- which everyone needs -- but also I'd recommend those with more risk obtain for their base layer mask a tight fitting KN-95, to go under a cloth mask for example.
OR
To do a good fitting double masking with a good quality surgical mask as the bottom layer, and a cloth mask on top to push down all the edges of the surgical mask so that no air gaps are left on any edge. The cloth mask main purpose here is to seal the edges of the surgical mask. If done well, this approaches near to the filtering of a N95.
Also, one can do good health habits like getting enough sleep, some exercise, taking some modest amount of vitamin D (usually 1,000 iu is plenty).
With such good habits as all of the above, most people will have much better odds.
LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned Friday that a coronavirus variant first detected in the country in September may be around 30% more deadly than previous versions of the disease.
Johnson unveiled the worrying statistic in a London new conference.
British scientists already had concluded that the variant, known as B.1.1.7, spread between 30%-70% faster than the previous dominant coronavirus strain in the U.K.
New COVID variant discovered in UK may be 30% more lethal: British PM
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Both spreading easier and more deadly on average for those that get it.
It's already here in the U.S. widely.
-------------
A new variant of the coronavirus believed to spread more easily has forced the United Kingdom into another lockdown and been detected in at least 33 countries, including the United States. Many of the U.S. cases have no known travel history — meaning the strain is spreading throughout communities. The variant, known as B.1.1.7, is not expected to be resistant to the vaccines rolled out in December, though scientists are racing to learn more about the mutation — and where it has already spread. Below is a primer for the public-health and political ramifications of the concerning development.
The B.1.1.7 (U.K.) strain has been found in at least 21 U.S. states
New COVID Strain Spreading Across U.S.: What We Know
----------------
Here's we have a more contagious version of Covid, spreading now in the U.S., and more deadly.
So, in addition to the alarming new realization that an estimated 10% of survivors are "long haulers" that suffer for months (at least)....the new versions can kill more people, sooner.
How to protect yourself:
Wear a mask in all situations recommended, and tight fitting, multiple layer. Often adding a 2nd mask accomplishes this. Having a mask greatly reduces the amount of virus you get exposed to if you do get exposed, since the main load of virus is in droplets, which are far larger than the virus itself. Getting exposed to a low amount is very much better than getting exposed to a high amount. Doctors have observed that those that got exposed with masks on get milder cases. (see note just below on a good way to push down the edges)
More: anyone over 50 or under 50 even who has any kind of risk factor such as being a worker exposed to more people such as in a grocery store or other service business with many customers or being significantly overweight or hypertension or diabetes...or even type A blood, that they should not only have a multiple-layer tight fitting mask -- which everyone needs -- but also I'd recommend those with more risk obtain for their base layer mask a tight fitting KN-95, to go under a cloth mask for example.
OR
To do a good fitting double masking with a good quality surgical mask as the bottom layer, and a cloth mask on top to push down all the edges of the surgical mask so that no air gaps are left on any edge. The cloth mask main purpose here is to seal the edges of the surgical mask. If done well, this approaches near to the filtering of a N95.
Also, one can do good health habits like getting enough sleep, some exercise, taking some modest amount of vitamin D (usually 1,000 iu is plenty).
With such good habits as all of the above, most people will have much better odds.
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