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B.1.1.7. variant more transmissible, does not increase severity, studies suggest
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B.1.1.7. variant more transmissible, does not increase severity, studies suggest

by Lancet Credit: CC0 Public Domain Two new studies, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases and The Lancet Public Health, found no evidence that people with the B.1.1.7. variant experience worse symptoms or a heightened risk of developing long COVID compared with those infected with a different COVID-19 strain. However, viral load and R number were higher for...