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  • Scientists Now Worried the UK Coronavirus Variant Is Deadlier

    Scientists Now Worried the UK Coronavirus Variant Is Deadlier

    Ed Cara

    UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson made an unsettling announcement on Friday about B 1.1.7, the variant of the coronavirus first found in the UK last fall that’s become widespread in the country and elsewhere. According to data newly analysed by UK scientists, B 1.1.7 is not only more transmissible than earlier strains, but it may…